how to set date parts in Date and Time Functions dynamicly

Only way I could get it work is as dynamic sql:

DECLARE @sql nvarchar(888)
SELECT @sql = 'SELECT DATEADD(' + datepart + ',' + cast(timeIncrement as varchar(88)) + ', GETDATE()) AS TheDateINeed From myTable'
FROM myTable
EXEC sp_executesql @sql

It does not work!

I runned it with this info:

myTable:
datepart      timeIncrement
dd      1
year      2
dd      3
      
      
and the result was:

Running dbo."__Tempo".

TheDateINeed            
-----------------------
2004-08-14 1:44:01 PM  
2004-08-14 1:44:01 PM  
2004-08-14 1:44:01 PM  
No more results.
(3 row(s) returned)
@RETURN_VALUE = 0
Finished running dbo."__Tempo".


There are not increments on the current date for each record!
It fix the last datepart      and timeIncrement in the select statement


2004-08-12 1:44:01 PM    (getdate() + 1 day)
2006-08-11 1:44:01 PM    (getdate() + 2 years)
2004-08-14 1:44:01 PM    (getdate() + 3 days)

Okay, this will return one set of values, one for each record in myTable:

SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE #DateINeed (TheDateINeed datetime NOT NULL)
DECLARE @sql nvarchar(888), @datepart varchar(4), @timeIncrement int

DECLARE Cur1 CURSOR FAST_FORWARD FOR
  SELECT datepart, timeincrement FROM myTable

OPEN Cur1
FETCH NEXT FROM Cur1 INTO @datepart, @timeIncrement
WHILE @@fetch_status = 0
BEGIN
  SELECT @sql = 'INSERT #DateINeed SELECT DATEADD(' + @datepart + ',' + cast(@timeIncrement as varchar(88)) + ', GETDATE())'
  EXEC sp_executesql @sql
  FETCH NEXT FROM Cur1 INTO  @datepart, @timeIncrement
END
CLOSE Cur1
DEALLOCATE Cur1

SELECT TheDateINeed FROM #DateINeed ORDER BY 1
DROP TABLE #DateINeed

try a select statement

select case datepart
              when  'yyyy' then DATEADD(yyyy, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'yy' then DATEADD(yy, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'qq' then DATEADD(qq, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'q' then DATEADD(q, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'mm' then DATEADD(mm, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'dd' then DATEADD(dd, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'dy' then DATEADD(dy, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'd' then DATEADD(d, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'hh' then DATEADD(hh, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'mi' then DATEADD(mi, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'mn' then DATEADD(mn, timeincrement, getdate())
              when  'ss' then DATEADD(ss, timeincrement, getdate())
end
From myTable

If you have a limited number of dateparts, you could do something "ugly" like this:


SELECT DATEADD(YEAR, CASE WHEN datePart IN ('yy', 'year') THEN timeIncrement ELSE 0 END,
      DATEADD(MONTH, CASE WHEN datePart IN ('mm', 'month') THEN timeIncrement ELSE 0 END,
      DATEADD(DAY, CASE WHEN datePart = 'dd' THEN timeIncrement ELSE 0 END, GETDATE())))

Actually, IMO, BillAn1's answer was better.