On 17 January 2018 at 00:36, Abhra Kar <abhra.kar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > insert into aaaa (id, groupid, ele_id, ro_element_id) ") > select bbbb.nextval, :groupid, gosp.neteleid, gosp.hodev > from net_ele gos, net_gos_prop gosp " > where gos.eid in ( :eids ) and gos.id = gosp.net_element_id and > gos.id not in (select ealjs.element_id from aaaa ealjs where > ealjs.groupid = :groupid) > > If I run this it gives error for ":".If I remove : then I will get error > like missing FROM-clause entry for table bbbb. bbbb.nextval looks like some sort of Oracle syntax to get the nextval from a sequence. In PostgreSQL you'd do nextval('bbbb'); Assuming you have a sequence named "bbbb" -- David Rowley http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services