I have a table that contains no spatial data. It exists in an SDE enterprise geodatabase (SQL Server). The table contains log information generated by an FME process; data related to if a certain process ran successfully or not and why or why not. Again, this table contains no spatial data, but it is registered with the GDB. My question (and I should know this after 100 years) is can I use straight up SQL Server SQL commands to update the table (using SQL Executor in FME) or do I have to use a Writer that points specifically to an "Esri geodatabase (SDE)" format.
Basically my question is can I edit a non-spatial table that is registered with the geodatabase using native SQL commands and cut an Esri client out of the picture? The native SQL just seems much faster without the overhead.
At different times I've heard Yes, I've heard No, I've heard Yes but you shouldn't, I've heard Yes and it didn't hurt anything.... but nothing official.
Thank you for your time.