my $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT name FROM master WHERE name Like \'%$company%\' ORDER BY name;";

  if($company){
  print "<td colspan=\"4\" height=\"23\" nowrap>&<SELECT NAME=\"company\">";
  $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
  $sth->execute() || die $sth->errstr;
  while ($pointer = $sth->fetchrow_hashref)
    {
    $ag = $pointer->{'name'};
    $ag_save = $ag;
    
    if($ag){

    print "<OPTION VALUE=$ag_save>$ag_save</OPTION>";
    }else{    
    print "<OPTION>No Ag were found</OPTION>";
    }
    
   }
print "</SELECT>";