Key value does not currently exist in the primary key table error

Question

Im testing out a form and creating a new insert once all the fields are filled in it wont allow me to move on and comes up with this error message;
key value does not currently exist in the primary key table
Is this becuase the form contains foriegn keys which reference different tables which fields are not dispalyed on this form?
If so how to I link the other forms together so that when i create a new record in this form it will automaticaly create the primary key entry in the other form to allow the insert of the referenced foreign key in this form?
does this make sense?

Answer 1

It seems that it has the table in which you'r inserting is a foreign key table.
Take the emp& dept table example in the schema scott/tiger.
Say we have deptno 10, 20, 30, 40 in the dept table.
We make a form for emp table and insert into this form.
Now, we'r bound to insert deptno 10, 20, 30, 40 into this emp form. This form will not allow us to insert deptno 50 as it doesn't exist in the primary key column in dept table.
Obviously if a department doesn't exist in the company, it doesn't make sense to assign the employees to that department.
So for this purpose, we need to add a department in the dept table then we can insert values in the emp table for that department.
For this purpose, I suggest to make a button on the mp form and invoke the dept form and add a new department to it and then insert into emp table.
The same scenario can be applied in your case.