Dropdown from database

[eluser]Wondering Coder[/eluser]
in my controller

Code:

$data['elem'] = $this->dataset_db->getElementary();

in my view

Code:

<select name="elem" class="searchIndustry">
                        <option value=""></option>
                        &lt;?php
                            foreach($elem as $item)
                            {
                               echo "<option value='".$item->elem_id.">".$item->elem_name."</option>";
                            }
                        ?&gt;
                    </select>&lt;?php echo form_error('elem'); ?&gt;<br />