Codice PHP:
<form action="cerca_supporto.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Supporto: 
<select name="supporto" id="supporto" class="tendina">
<?php
$result 
mysql_query("SELECT idSupporto, tipo FROM supporto");

while(
$row mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
   
$idSupporto $row['idSupporto'];
   
$tipoSupporto stripslashes($row['tipo']);
   echo 
"<option value=$idSupporto>$tipoSupporto</option>";
// $idsupporto è un numero?? 
// allora non servono né gli apici né lo stripslashes
}
mysql_free_result($result); // libera risorse
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Cerca"/>
</form>
Prova un po' così???