Postgres : syntax error at or near “as”

Question

I am using JOOQ for java to postgresql db connection. It is trying to run this query.

insert into "public"."mission_batches" as "MB" 
  ("micro_task_id", "is_active", "created_at", "updated_at") 
values 
  ('7e1cc9e8-fc11-409b-865e-3bf08e6ca924', false, timestamp '2016-10-05 21:47:13.061', timestamp '2016-10-05 21:47:13.061') returning "MB"."id", "MB"."micro_task_id", "MB"."is_active", "MB"."created_at", "MB"."updated_at"

But I am getting error from DB

org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException: SQL [insert into "public"."mission_batches" as "MB" ("micro_task_id", "is_active", "created_at", "updated_at") values (?, ?, cast(? as timestamp), cast(? as timestamp)) returning "MB"."id", "MB"."micro_task_id", "MB"."is_active", "MB"."created_at", "MB"."updated_at"];
ERROR: syntax error at or near "as"
  Position: 40

It is working with my local DB[9.5]. On the test server [9.4], it is throwing this error. Where should I look for fix? Java side or PG side?

Answer 1

Aliasing the table you're inserting into was only added in Postgres 9.5 (compare Postgres 9.5's documentation to 9.4's documentation . Since the columns in the returning clause refer to the inserted table anyway, you could just as easily do without it:

insert into "public"."mission_batches"
  ("micro_task_id", "is_active", "created_at", "updated_at") 
values 
  ('7e1cc9e8-fc11-409b-865e-3bf08e6ca924', false,
   timestamp '2016-10-05 21:47:13.061', timestamp '2016-10-05 21:47:13.061') 
returning 
  "id", "micro_task_id", "is_active", "created_at", "updated_at"