Specifications

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Mdq.RegexIsValid Indicates whether the regular expression is valid
Mdq.RegexMask Converts a set of regular expression option ags into a binary
value
Mdq.RegexMatches Finds all matches of a regular expression in an input string
Mdq.RegexReplace Replaces matches of a regular expression in an input string
with a different string
Mdq.RegexSplit Splits an input string into an array of strings based on the posi-
tions of a regular expression within the input string
Mdq.Similarity Returns a similarity score between two strings using a specied
matching algorithm
Mdq.SimilarityDate Returns a similarity score between two date values
Mdq.Split Splits an input string into an array of strings using specied characters as
a delimiter
NOTE For more information about the MDS functions, refer to theMaster Data
Services Functions (Transact-SQL)” topic in SQL Server 2008 R2 Books Online at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee633712(SQL.105).aspx.