Displaying a float8 as a full-length number

Hello,

I need to get a float8 to display as a number

db=# SELECT CAST('0.00001' AS float8);
float8
--------
1e-05
(1 row)

I need this to return 0.00001 instead. I know about the to_char
function, but this seems to truncate the number after fourteen digits of
precision:

db=# SELECT CAST('0.000000000000001' AS float8);
float8
--------
1e-15
(1 row)

db=# SELECT to_char(CAST('0.000000000000001' AS float8),
CAST('0.9999999999999999999999999' AS text));
to_char
-------------------
0.00000000000000
(1 row)

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Grant

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