I'm sorry about not being more specific.
here is the code with the line numbers. 
#Selecting parents name to identify as volunteer.
     35    if ($parent eq "Father")
     36    {
     37         $sub_parent = "Mother";
     38         $sth = $dbh->prepare ("select Father from Roster where
+ User = \'$user\'");
     39         $sth->execute ();
     40 
     41 $name = $sth->fetchrow_array;
     42    } #end if Father
     43    else
     44    {
     45         $sub_parent = "Father";
     46         $sth = $dbh->prepare ("select Mother from Roster where
+ User = \'$user\'");
     47         $sth->execute ();
     48 
     49 $name = $sth->fetchrow_array;
     50    } #end else Mother
     51 
     52 if ($name eq ""){
     53         $sth = $dbh->prepare ("select $sub_parent from Roster 
+where User = \'$user\'");
     54         $sth->execute ();
     55 
     56 $name = $sth->fetchrow_array;
     57 
     58 } #end chk for not parent if statement.
     59 
     60 print $query->h1({-align=>'center'},"THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP 
+$name");
     61

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I am certain it has something to do with returning an empty string from my sql as well but I don't know what that something is

In reply to Re: (Ovid) Re: uninitialized value in concatenation by mnlight
in thread uninitialized value in concatenation by mnlight

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