Syntax error at beginning of command when running script - sql

Question

I am trying to run a script with ./insert_data.sh; and I get an error saying there is a syntax error at or near the "."
Am working in PSQL, thanks
Edit #1: My script:
#!/bin/bash
# Script to insert data from courses.csv and students.csv into students database
PSQL="psql -X --username=freecodecamp --dbname=students --no-align --tuples-only -c"
cat courses_test.csv | while IFS="," read MAJOR COURSE
do
# get major_id
MAJOR_ID=$($PSQL "SELECT major_id FROM majors WHERE major='$MAJOR'")
# if not found
if [[ -z $MAJOR_ID ]]
then
# insert major
INSERT_MAJOR_RESULT=$($PSQL "INSERT INTO majors(major) VALUES('$MAJOR')")
echo $INSERT_MAJOR_RESULT
# get new major_id
fi
# get course_id
# if not found
# insert course
# get new course_id
# insert into majors_courses
done
Edit #2: Command i'm using to run the script: ./insert_data.sh; Error I'm recieving:
students=> ./insert_data.sh;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "."
LINE 1: ./insert_data.sh;
^

Answer 1

Solved the problem- I had to get out of the PSQL terminal and enter the command within the "project" directory

Answer 2

We can't replicate your case 1:1 because lack of data. But you can always use bash debug with -x flag to see where it actually stuck:
test#test:/tmp$ bash -x ./test.sh
+ PSQL='psql -X --username=freecodecamp --dbname=students --no-align --tuples-only -c'
+ cat courses_test.csv
+ IFS=,
+ read MAJOR COURSE
++ psql -X --username=freecodecamp --dbname=students --no-align --tuples-only -c 'SELECT major_id FROM majors WHERE major='\''"Sex"'\'''
psql: error: could not connect to server: No such file or directory