Entity Framework LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method exception

using (var context = new CustomerContext())
{
    var item = context.InvoiceItems
        .Where(i => i.Code == code.ToString())
        .FirstOrDefault();
}

using (var context = new CustomerContext())
{
    string codeStr = code.ToString();
    var item = context.InvoiceItems
        .Where(i => i.Code == codeStr)
        .FirstOrDefault();
}

using (var context = new CustomerContext())
{
    var item = context.InvoiceItems
        .Where(i => i.Code == SqlFunctions.StringConvert(code))
        .FirstOrDefault();
}

using (var context = new CustomerContext())
{
    var item = context.InvoiceItems.AsEnumerable()
        .Where(i => i.Code == code.ToString())
        .FirstOrDefault();
}