I am attempting to switch from mysql to mysqli and cannot see why there is a error on else statement

I am attempting to switch from mysql to mysqli and cannot see why there is
a error on else statement

I have included the php code run on the server side that is failing with
the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in
/home3/atljj/public_html/Osler/include/vo2_membersite.php on line 2849
No clue why it is stopping on the ELSE statement ???
Short story... I want to write a program to create and maintain a 1 record
MYSQL control file.
I am writing the code in steps and so far have:
Written HTML code to via a form, submit to the server a request to create
the table with the proper fields.
The server was then re-written to write the first record into the table
via the INSERT statement.
All is well to this point... I have 1 record in the MySQL file and next I
only need to update it.
The server was changed to test for a record already existing and if so
bypass the INSERT code and run the UPDATE code instead... But I do not see
where the problem is, other than I am attempting to use MYSQLi code now.
Is my table checking done wrong, I'm searching for record 1 and if not
found use INSERT ELSE use the UPDATE...
function UpdateCase(&$formvars)
{
$con =
mysqli_connect($this->db_host,$this->username,$this->pwd,$this->database);
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
$this->HandleDBError("Failed to connect to MySQL");
return false;
}
$c_match = $this->RandomIt();
$c_username = "admin";
$qry = "Select * from $this->case_c_table WHERE c_id = 1";
if(!$result = mysqli_query($con,$qry));
{ /* first entry not found add to table*/
$c_flag="M";
$addit = 'INSERT INTO $this->case_c_table (
c_match,
c_flag,
c_username,
c_element,
c_patname,
c_patgndr,
c_patage,
c_patethncty,
c_patdate,
c_cc,
c_td,
c_lmpdate
)
values
(
"' . $c_match . '",
"' . $c_flag . '",
"' . $c_username . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_element']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patname']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patgndr']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patage']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patethncty']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patdate']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_cc']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_td']) . '",
"' . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_lmpdate']) . '"
)';
mysqli_query($con,$addit);
}
else
{
$qry="Update $this->case_c_table Set
c_element=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_element']).",
c_patname=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patname']).",
c_patgndr=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patgndr']).",
c_patage=" . $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patage']).",
c_patethncty=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patethncty']).",
c_patdate=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_patdate']).",
c_cc=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_cc']).",
c_td=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_td']).",
c_lmpdate=". $this->SanitizeForSQL($formvars['c_lmpdate'])."
WHERE c_id=1";
mysqli_query($con,$qry);
}
}