Why use CSPs?

The catalog structures for DB2 UDB and ASE are different. If you have client applications written to access the ASE catalog, you may need to re-code the client application queries to send those queries directly to the DB2 UDB system tables. To avoid modifying your database-specific applications, you can use CSPs to access catalog information. CSPs are compatible with the catalog interface for the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Application Program Interface (API).