>>>I get an error on the WorkPhone column that is doesn't like the quotes. How do I create an empty column?
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>>> [Phone] [varchar](14) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
>>> '' AS WorkPhone,
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>>select *, cast('' as varchar(12)) as WorkPhone from People
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> cast('' as varchar(12)) AS WorkPhone,
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>Error:
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>Msg 173, Level 15, State 1, Line 12
>The definition for column 'cast' must include a data type.
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Jay - are you trying to do a select or create a table - I'm assuming you are creating a table..?
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