only show X records in dropdown

[slick368]

hiis there a way with the code i have posted to only show a cretain amount of records in a dropdown list. i am not talking about the LIMIT 0,5 in mysql. i have 1000,s of records and it is causing IE to hang. firefox is quick. if someone could give me some guidance i would be grateful. thanks.\[code\]<p><fieldset><legend class="style8">Select a Box</legend> <select name="suggestTextField1" id="suggestTextField1"> <option value="">Select a Box</option> <?phpdo { ?> <option value="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3663097/<?php echo $row_rsSuggest1['boxref']?>"><?php echo $row_rsSuggest1['boxref']?></option> <?php} while ($row_rsSuggest1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsSuggest1)); $rows = mysql_num_rows($rsSuggest1); if($rows > 0) { mysql_data_seek($rsSuggest1, 0); $row_rsSuggest1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsSuggest1); }?> </select> </fieldset> </p>$colname_rsSuggest1 = "-1";if (isset($_SESSION['kt_idcode_usr'])) { $colname_rsSuggest1 = (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? $_SESSION['kt_idcode_usr'] : addslashes($_SESSION['kt_idcode_usr']);}mysql_select_db($database_conn, $conn);$query_rsSuggest1 = sprintf("SELECT DISTINCT `boxref` FROM `files` WHERE customer = '%s' AND boxstatus = 1 ORDER BY boxref ASC", $colname_rsSuggest1);$rsSuggest1 = mysql_query($query_rsSuggest1, $conn) or die(mysql_error());$row_rsSuggest1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsSuggest1);$totalRows_rsSuggest1 = mysql_num_rows($rsSuggest1);\[/code\]