How to find the Nearest (day of the week) for a given date

Question

I been practicing queries, and my current scenario is to find the nearest Saturday for a given date. After i got the logic down, i came up with a, whats looks like a long and me

Answer 1

Well not exactly an answer, but an alternative

    DECLARE @DATE DATE,
    @SUN DATE,
    @MON DATE,
    @TUE DATE,
    @WED DATE,
    @THU DATE,
    @FRI DATE,
    @SAT DATE

           SET @DATE = '2013-09-14'

    SET @SUN = DATEADD(DAY,-1,@DATE)
    SET @MON = DATEADD(DAY,-1,@DATE)
    SET @TUE = DATEADD(DAY,-2,@DATE)
    SET @WED = DATEADD(DAY,-3,@DATE)
    SET @THU = DATEADD(DAY,2,@DATE)
    SET @FRI = DATEADD(DAY,1,@DATE)
    SET @SAT = DATEADD(DAY,0,@DATE)

    SELECT CASE 
        WHEN DATENAME(DW,@DATE) = 'SUNDAY'
        THEN @SUN
        WHEN DATENAME(DW,@DATE) = 'MONDAY'
        THEN @MON
        WHEN DATENAME(DW,@DATE) = 'TUESDAY'
        THEN @TUE
        WHEN DATENAME(DW,@DATE) = 'WEDNESDAY'
        THEN @WED
        WHEN DATENAME(DW,@DATE) = 'THURSDAY'
        THEN @THU
        WHEN DATENAME(DW,@DATE) = 'FRIDAY'
        THEN @FRI
        ELSE @SAT
    END