>>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

	cast('' as varchar(12)) AS WorkPhone,

Error:

Msg 173, Level 15, State 1, Line 12
The definition for column 'cast' must include a data type.