Title: Options for th select box
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Options for th select box

 *  Resolved [andreabk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreabk/)
 * (@andreabk)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-for-th-select-box/)
 * Hallo,
 * I need to put a select box with 5,000 different options (five thousands!). Therefore
   I am here to ask:
 * 1. Is it possible or not? Is the memory enough?
    2. how can I do this? My options
   are listed in a .txt file, one option per row, which is currently on my PC. I
   tried to click on the “Add options from database” but couldn’t guess what I shall
   do. Can I upload the .txt file?
 * Thanks,
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/form-maker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/form-maker/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [webdorado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdorado/)
 * (@webdorado)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-for-th-select-box/#post-6049102)
 * Dear andreabk,
 * The select box cannot handle that large amount of options. Currently it is limited
   up to 99 options. As for the database connection, it required a MySQL database
   where you have the options listed in a table, .txt option cannot be used for 
   that purpose. You can create a MySQL table in the same database as your website,(
   using e.g. phpmyadmin) and fill the 5000 options in that table.
 *  Thread Starter [andreabk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreabk/)
 * (@andreabk)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-for-th-select-box/#post-6049110)
 * Thanks a lot for the answer, very useful!
 * A

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## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [select box](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/select-box/)
 * [thousands](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thousands/)

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 * Last reply from: [andreabk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreabk/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-for-th-select-box/#post-6049110)
 * Status: resolved