$qry = "select \"EmployeeID\" AS empid, \"FirstName\"::text || ' ' ||\"LastName\"::text as name from \"Employees\"";
$qq = $db_handle->prepare($qry);
$qq->execute;
while (@row = $qq->fetchrow) {
         $tt .= "<option value=$row[0]>$row[1]</option>\n";
                 }