INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint - SQL Server

Question

I am getting the following error. Could you please help me?

Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_Sup_Item_Sup_Item_Cat". The conflict occurred in database "dev_bo", table "dbo.Sup_Item_Cat". The statement has been terminated.

Code:

insert into sup_item (supplier_id, sup_item_id, name, sup_item_cat_id, 
                      status_code, last_modified_user_id, last_modified_timestamp, client_id)   
values (10162425, 10, 'jaiso', '123123',
        'a', '12', '2010-12-12', '1062425')

The problem is being caused by the final column, client id. I made an effort to insert an existing value into the dbo. No fun after entering Sup Item Cat into the column that corresponds to Sup Item.

 Can someone please help me with this?

Answer 1

Your table dbo.Sup Item Cat refers to another table via a foreign key. A FK cannot have a value in that column that is not also in the primary key column of the database being referred, according to how it functions.

Open SQL Server Management Studio and type sp help 'dbo.Sup Item Cat' if you have it. Look at the column that FK is on and the column of the table that it refers to. Bad data is being inserted by you.