I never use bind_param, but I looked it up in the docs. And it seems to me that in that case, $sth->execute should get no parameters. Also, you shouldn't try to insert other statements between two parts of one statement!

So your lines 31-50 should become: 

   my $sth = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE vitals1 SET id = ?, lnamek = ?, fna
+me = ?, 
     lname = ?, address = ?, apt = ?, city = ?, state = ?, zip = ?, 
     dob = ?, men = ?, women = ?, boys = ?, girls = ?")
          or die "Could not prepare SQL: " . $dbh->errstr();
   $sth->bind_param(1, $id);
   $sth->bind_param(2, $lnamek);
   $sth->bind_param(3, $fname);
   $sth->bind_param(4, $lname);
   $sth->bind_param(5, $address);
   $sth->bind_param(6, $apt);
   $sth->bind_param(7, $city);
   $sth->bind_param(8, $state);
   $sth->bind_param(9, $zip);
   $sth->bind_param(10, $dob);
   $sth->bind_param(11, $men);
   $sth->bind_param(12, $women);
   $sth->bind_param(13, $boys,);
   $sth->bind_param(14, $girls);
   $sth->execute
      or die "Could not execute SQL: " . $dbh->errstr();

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but I'd prefer to no use bind_param, and do this instead: 
   my $sth = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE vitals1 SET id = ?, lnamek = ?, fna
+me = ?,
     lname = ?, address = ?, apt = ?, city = ?, state = ?, zip = ?,
     dob = ?, men = ?, women = ?, boys = ?, girls = ?");
    $sth->execute($id, $lnamek, $fname, $lname, $address, $apt, $city,
+ $state, $zip, $dob, $men, $women, $boys, $girls);
          or die "Could not execute SQL: " . $dbh->errstr();

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Still... are you aware that this SQL statement will update every row in your database table? You don't have a WHERE clause.

In reply to Re: tracking a syntax error (DBI::MYSQL::st) by bart
in thread tracking a syntax error (DBI::MYSQL::st) by fulwilerdavid

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