+static const char *oid_name_to_dotstring(const char *name) {
+ struct oident ent;
+ int oid[OID_SIZE];
+ static char oidbuf[100]; /* ### bad interface */
+ int i;
+
+ /* Translate syntax to oid_val */
+ oid_value value = oid_getvalbyname(name);
+
+ /* Build it into an oident */
+ ent.proto = PROTO_Z3950;
+ ent.oclass = CLASS_RECSYN;
+ ent.value = value;
+
+ /* Translate to an array of int */
+ (void) oid_ent_to_oid(&ent, oid);
+
+ /* Write the array of int into a dotted string (phew!) */
+ oidbuf[0] = '\0';
+ for (i = 0; oid[i] != -1; i++) {
+ char tmpbuf[20];
+ sprintf(tmpbuf, "%d", oid[i]);
+ if (i > 0) strcat(oidbuf, ".");
+ strcat(oidbuf, tmpbuf);
+ }
+
+ return oidbuf;
+}
+