Make MERGE on PostgreSQL 9.5 [duplicate]

Question

I'm trying to do a MERGE in PostgreSQL 9.5 and I get the following error:

ERROR:  syntax error at or near "MERGE"
LINE 1: MERGE INTO TP_ESTADO_EQUIPOS AS EQ
        ^

********** Error **********

ERROR: syntax error at or near "MERGE"
SQL state: 42601
Character: 1

SQL

MERGE INTO TP_ESTADO_EQUIPOS AS EQ
USING (SELECT * FROM TEMP_TABLE_STATE_EQUIPMENT) AS VEQ
ON EQ.ESTADO_EQUIPOS_ID = VEQ.ESTADO_EQUIPO_ID
 WHEN MATCHED THEN (
 EQ.TIEMPO_INICIO=VEQ.TIEMPO_INICIO,
 EQ.TIEMPO_FIN=VEQ.TIEMPO_FIN,
 ...
 )
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT(Estado_Equipos_ID,
        Tiempo_Inicio,
        ...
        )
        VALUES(VEQ.ESTADO_EQUIPO_ID,
                VEQ.Tiempo_Inicio,
                ...);

I have been reading documentation, and I may have to use UPSERT, but it is still not clear to me if that is necessarily the error.

Answer 1

Postgres has no MERGE statement:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-commands.html

Use INSERT ON CONFLICT DO instead:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-insert.html

There are some movement towards MERGER statement, but it will not necessarily be smth that you expect:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SQL_MERGE