The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint in Entity Framework

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The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint in Entity Framework

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I have two table Subscription and PackageType. Subs has FK as PackageTypeId. Now when I am inserting a new record in Subscription table using EF 4.1 it is throwing an exception

The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_Subscription_PaymentType". The conflict occurred in database "MyDatabaseName", table "dbo.PaymentType", column 'Id'. The statement has been terminated.

Tables information are:

Subscription Table:

   Id  (PK)

   PaymentTypeId (FK)

   Period

   date

PaymentType:

   Id (PK)

   Name

And the Code is as given below:

    public void Proceed(SubscriptionSessionData data)
    {

        if (data != null)
        {
            PMSCatalogEntities entities = new PMSCatalogEntities();

                Subscription subs = new Subscription();
                subs.Id = Guid.NewGuid();
                subs.ApplicableFrom = data.ApplicableFrom;
                subs.TenantId = tenant.Id;

                subs.PackageId = data.PaymentType;
                subs.PaymentTypeId = data.PaymentType;

                entities.AddToSubscriptions(subs);
                entities.SaveChanges();

        }
  }

Any idea about this issue?

user946393

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You are trying to insert a bad reference table primary key value, which is not presented in the database.

Nalan Madheswaran

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marianosz · Accepted Answer · 10/19/2011 11:33:03 PM

I have already tested this scenario and it works great:

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PMSCatalogEntities entities = new PMSCatalogEntities();

            Subscription subs = new Subscription();
            subs.Id = Guid.NewGuid();
            subs.Date = DateTime.Now;
            subs.PaymentId = 1;

            entities.Subscriptions.Add(subs);
            entities.SaveChanges();
        }
    }

    public class PMSCatalogEntities : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Subscription> Subscriptions { get; set; }

        public DbSet<Payment> Payments { get; set; }

    }

    public class Subscription
    {
        public Guid Id { get; set; }

        public DateTime Date { get; set; }

        public Payment Payment { get; set; }

        public int PaymentId { get; set; }
    }

    public class Payment
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string Type { get; set; }
    }

And on the DB

TABLE [dbo].[Payments](
    [Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [Type] [nvarchar](max) NULL,

TABLE [dbo].[Subscriptions](
    [Id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
    [Date] [datetime] NOT NULL,
    [PaymentId] [int] NOT NULL,

The only thing I have to be sure is that a Payment with Id 1 for this example is persisted on the Payments table, and it works like a charm!!

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