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Convert char to numeric value in Informix SQL

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informix, numeric, convert, sql, character

Hi, I have a query which I want to go something like:
select fw_year
from table
where fw_year[1,4] between 2002 and 2007
and fw_year <> "BLAH"

The fw_year column contains values like "2001/2002", "2002/2003" and one special value "BLAH". Currently, despite my exclusion of "BLAH" in the filter, I get a "Character to numeric conversion error" when trying to do a numeric comparison. Is there a function to convert my year value to numeric for the comparison?
 
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