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Get full string for exported JavaScript results

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Description

Consider the query below, which attempts to get the callee and the associated parameters. The returned string for the parameters is often truncated (sanitized) when the length is longer than 20 characters [as seen in the source code](https://github.com/github/codeql/blob/7361ad977a5dd5252d21f5fd23de47d75b763651/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/TextualExtractor.java#L121). For instance, if the expected full string is `bd0be325-86d9-4f16-95fa-b677f7455177`, it returns something like `bd0be ... 5177`, which is not helpful for my project.

While there's a good reason for this behavior, I would really like to be able to export the full string for a follow-up analysis.

```
import javascript

from CallExpr call, Expr parameters
where
parameters = call.getArgument(_)

select call.getCallee(), parameters.toString()
```

I have seen a similar issue ([results abbreviation #9890](https://github.com/github/codeql/issues/9890)), but the suggestions do not address my problem.

I would really appreciate any support I can get here. Thank you.

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