Add business days to date in SQL without loops

Question

I currently have a function in my SQL database that adds a certain amount of business days to a date, e.g. if you enter a date that is a Thursday and add two days, it will r

Answer 1

I've very recently solved this problem to add two working days to the current date by creating an INT value @DaysToAdd - tested and working great on 2008 / 2012.

DECLARE @DaysToAdd INT

SELECT @DaysToAdd = CASE  
   WHEN DATEPART(WEEKDAY,GETDATE()) =  1 THEN 3 -- Sunday -> Wednesday
   WHEN DATEPART(WEEKDAY,GETDATE()) =  5 THEN 4 -- Thursday -> Monday
   WHEN DATEPART(WEEKDAY,GETDATE()) =  6 THEN 4 -- Friday -> Tuesday
   WHEN DATEPART(WEEKDAY,GETDATE()) =  7 THEN 4 -- Saturday -> Wednesday
   ELSE 2 END

SELECT DATEADD(DAY, @DaysToAdd, GETDATE()) AS TwoWorkingDaysTime