AdventureWorks Database: Add two days to each value in the OrderDate column

SQL Query - AdventureWorks: Exercise-113 with Solution

113. From the following table write a query in SQL to add two days to each value in the OrderDate column, to derive a new column named PromisedShipDate. Return salesorderid, orderdate, and promisedshipdate column.

Sample table: sales.salesorderheader

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Sample Solution:

SELECT SalesOrderID  
    ,OrderDate   
    ,OrderDate + INTERVAL '2 day' AS PromisedShipDate
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader;

Sample Output:

salesorderid|orderdate              |promisedshipdate       |
------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
       43659|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43660|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43661|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43662|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43663|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43664|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43665|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43666|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43667|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43668|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
       43669|2011-05-31 00:00:00.000|2011-06-02 00:00:00.000|
...	

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