You have one too many ")" should be

CAST(deptid AS decimal(6,0))

>Can Cast() be used in a Where clause as in the following example? The deptid field is defined as char(6). When I execute the following nothing is returned but if I remove the where clause records are returned? What am I missing? Is there a better way to do this?
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>lnRetVal = SQLEXEC(lnConnHandle, "SELECT prempl, jobid, taxterr, empllast, deptid FROM dbo.prempl Prempl WHERE CAST(deptid) AS decimal(6,0)) < 103 or CAST(deptid) AS decimal(6,0)) > 103 ","lReport")