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I am trying to send SMS messages to phone numbers in MobileConnect. I need to add a "1" in front of the existing mobile numbers that I have in a Data Extension, to adhere to the proper syntax MobileConnect requires.

Can I add a statement to my SQL query Automation Activity that populates the DE being used to import contacts into Mobile Connect?

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You sure can! Using the sql function CAST to first turn the numbers into VarChar, then you combine them together (via +) and then as the field type is number it will automatically put it back into a number format.

See below for a sample:

SELECT CAST('1' AS VARCHAR(1)) + CAST(mobileNumber AS VARCHAR(10)) as mobileNumber
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  • Is this the Query That I would write? SELECT FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, FROM Lead_Salesforce SELECT CAST('1' AS VARCHAR(1)) + CAST(Phone AS VARCHAR(10)) as Mobile Number FROM Lead_Salesforce
    – D. Dean
    Commented Oct 1, 2018 at 14:30
  • I don't believe so. It is hard to read from comments, but I think that is malformed with 2 SELECT statements. Try something like: SELECT CAST('1' AS VARCHAR(1)) + CAST(Phone AS VARCHAR(10)) as [Mobile Number], FirstName, LastName, Email FROM Lead_Salesforce
    – Gortonington
    Commented Oct 1, 2018 at 18:25

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