We have a large number of versions (I know it is bad -- but it is out of my control). So, I hate to put extra stress on the versioning system. I have a large number of attribute updates that are needed. I am hesitant to do this through the Esri version system. In the past we have gotten around this by updating base table and the "A" table (delta table) with pure sql. For example, say I have a versioned FC called my_fc and it has an "A "table called A100. I want to update the field, my_field, in the FC. So, we write a sql statement to update my_field in the base table and the "A" table to the new value.
It has worked good and we have never noticed any issues. But, it is an out of the box solution. So, I am wondering if anyone else has any experience with this technique.
