<OPTION VALUE="select">Select an invoice to pay</OPTION>
% foreach my $record (@invoices) {
% my $read_date = time2str("%b %o, %Y", $record->_date);
<OPTION VALUE="select">Select an invoice to pay</OPTION>
% foreach my $record (@invoices) {
% my $read_date = time2str("%b %o, %Y", $record->_date);