Save the result of an SQL function to a variable within a select statement?

Question

I am trying to take the value given by my function and save it to a variable for the purpose of checking that it is not = '0'. After extensive searching I cannot find a way to do this that works. Is it even possible?

DECLARE @InspectionID AS VARCHAR(10)
SELECT 
    SYEL.UserComments AS 'UserComments',
    SET @InspectionID = [Silco_Final].[dbo].[GetInspectionIDFromUserComments](SYEL.UserComments)
FROM SY_Edit_Log SYEL
WHERE SYEL.UserCode = 'broberts'
AND @InspectionID <> '0'

Answer 1

Could you not call the function directly in the where clause?

SELECT 
    SYEL.UserComments AS 'UserComments',
FROM SY_Edit_Log SYEL
WHERE SYEL.UserCode = 'broberts'
AND [Silco_Final].[dbo].[GetInspectionIDFromUserComments](SYEL.UserComments) <> '0'