sub {
my ($db, $sth, $row, $oldletter, $letter, $i);
my $output="";

$db = $DB->table('Category');
$db->select_options("ORDER BY Name");
$sth = $db->select( ['ID','Name'] );

my $cols = 3;
my $row_count = $sth->hits;
my $breakpoint = int (($row_count) / $cols) + ( (($row_count) % $cols) ? 1 : 0);
my $width = int (100 / $cols);
my $table = qq|<table><tr><td width="$width%" valign="top">\n|;

while ($row = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
$letter = substr($row->{Name}, 0, 1);
if ($letter ne $oldletter){
$output .= qq|<b>$letter</b><br>\n|;
$oldletter = $letter;
}
$output .= qq|<br><a href="$CFG->{build_root_url}/$row->{ID}">$row->{Name}</a>\n|;
($i > 0) and
!($i % $breakpoint) and
($output .= qq|</td>\n<td valign="top" width="$width%">\n|);
$i++;
}
$output .= "</td></tr></table>\n";
return $output;
}