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 );
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+> Orders must be registered in the database, and, for production planning purposes, the company must be able to see all orders which are to be delivered during a specific time period.
+
+Note that the individial pallets hold the delivery date.
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE orders (
+    order_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
+    customer_id INT NOT NULL,
+    cookie_id INT NOT NULL,
+    order_date DATE NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE CHECK (order_date >= CURRENT_DATE),
+    FOREIGN KEY (customer_id) REFERENCES customer(customer_id),
+    FOREIGN KEY (cookie_id) REFERENCES cookie(cookie_id)
+);
+```
+
 > The company continuously take random samples among the products, and the samples are analyzed in their laboratory. If a sample doesn’t meet their quality standards, all pallets containing that product which have been produced during a specific time interval are blocked. A blocked pallet may not be delivered to customers.
 
 So, our pallet table needs a status column. This conveniently fits as an enum of 'freezer', 'delivered' and 'blocked'.