Given the table definition: CREATE TABLE webuser( idwebuser SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, … ) Use the mapping: @Entity @Table(name=”webuser”) class Webuser { @Id @SequenceGenerator(name=”webuser_idwebuser_seq”, sequenceName=”webuser_idwebuser_seq”, allocationSize=1) @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator=”webuser_idwebuser_seq”) @Column(name = “idwebuser”, updatable=false) private Integer id; // …. } The naming tablename_columname_seq is the PostgreSQL default sequence naming for SERIAL and I recommend that you … Read more