I don't think you can get that exact query staying within the ORM's 
cross-platform functionality -- I don't think there is anything that can 
generate the `::` version of casting... but I think something like this 
should produce the same output:

r = session.query( Device.id, Device.name, Device.details )\
    .filter( sqlalchemy.sql.expression.cast(Device.details, 
sqlalchemy.types.String).like('99') )\
    .all()

I'm doing this from memory, so i could be off -- but the general idea is 
that you'll `cast` into a `String`, and then run the `like` operator on 
that column.  The API docs will have the correct format.


That should generate something like :

   + SELECT id,name,details FROM Device WHERE cast(details as text) LIKE 
'%99%';

Instead of:

   - SELECT id,name,details FROM Device WHERE details::text LIKE '%99%';

If you need to use the `details::text` format, you could use a text literal 
in the WHERE clause. 
 see http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/orm/tutorial.html#using-textual-sql

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