title: Is there a way to cast in the `Where` part of an Entity Framework query?
body: <p><strong>To be clear, I am not referring to performing a <code>.Cast&lt;T&gt;</code> on the results of an EF call.</strong></p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to implement a partial search on a number field.</p>
  
  <p>When creating a SQL script, it is easy to convert a column to another data type:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT Id
  FROM Employees
  WHERE CAST(Id AS VARCHAR) LIKE '%95%';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any sort of equivalent in a LINQ query?</p>
  
  <p>I can't modify the datatypes on the entity that I'm querying, and <code>Id</code> was just for demonstration purposes.</p>