Everyone,
Thanks for the help. Here was the final solution:
<select name="upstype">
<?php
// set a variable with the database name
$database_name = "devicemanager";
// attempt to connect to database and store result
$dbh = mysql_connect("localhost","root","pass");
// check the result of the connection attempt
if (!mysql_select_db($database_name)) {
echo "Can't Select $database_name"; }
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ups_model");
while ($info = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) { echo("<option>".$info["model_desc"]."</option>"); }
?>
</select>
