Tabular form, dynamic select list

Hi,
Direction as to how to tackle this problem politely requested please:
I have a "choices" table of three columns. Sample data shown below:
col1 col2 col3
a b c
a b d
a b e
f g h
f g i
The plan is to show these "choices" as a tabular form. With the example data shown above, this
would be shown as a two row grid, with the first row showing "a b" and at the end of the row there
would be a select box showing four possibilities: "c", "d", "e" or blank.
The "blank" meaning "no choice".
The second row would show "f g" and a select box for "h", "i" or "blank".
Neither the first two columns are editable by the end user - they just get to alter the third column.
How would I go about building this? Would it be a Report with a fancy piece of html for column three,
or perhaps a tabular form?
There can be more than two rows on the screen (of course) - beyond the sample data.
Any directional help appreciated; thanks in advance.
Mungo

Hi Jure,
On reflection, that mention of the "stragg" function was very useful.
My first reply to you was a little uncharitable, for which I apologise.
Tom Kyte seems to have moved away from the "stragg" function and
has used "sys_connect_by_path" instead.
See http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2007/03/stringing-them-up.html
Once all that is in place (tested out via SQL Developer - not even a mention of Apex) it
seems relatively straightforward to integrate this into an Apex region.
Thanks again.
Mungo

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