Populate Dropdown with database values

[tet3828]

Im looking to populate a drop down menu with whatever value maybe in a column of my SQL database.
example:

in my 'products' database  itemCat (item catagory) maybe Holiday, Beauty, Cosmetic,ect.

How would I make each of these values show in my dropdown box?

or would it be better to use radio boxes?

[Gruzin]

[code]<?php
php require("config.php");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM spell");
?>

<select name="wordlist">
<option value="1" selected>Select Word</option>

<?php
  while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
      echo "<option value=\"$row['words']\">$row['words']</option>\n";
  }
?>[/code]