Source code of dbSelect1.php
<html>
<head>
<title>View Inventory</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>View Inventory</h2>
<form action='dbSelect2.php' method='post'>
<?php
$lines = file("mysql.txt");
$password = trim($lines[0]);
$dbLink = mysql_connect("localhost", "tboegel", $password);
mysql_select_db("clearwater", $dbLink);
$recordset = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM category", $dbLink);
print "<p>Select a category:\n";
print "<select name='cat_id' size=1>\n";
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($recordset)) {
print "<option value='{$row['cat_id']}'>{$row['cat_desc']}\n";
}
print "</select></p>";
print "<input type='submit' value='Show inventory'>\n";
mysql_free_result($recordset);
mysql_close($dbLink);
?>
</form>
</body>
</html>