1. A method for retrieving stored data, comprising: receiving a retrieval request for an object; and generating by a processor a retrieval response that includes: a set of searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the set of searchable attributes is stored in a database in a manner that enables a database query to be performed against the attribute of the set of searchable attributes; and a set of non-searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein the set of non-searchable attributes is stored as one or more bytes in a single database field associated with the object, wherein the single database field is not specific to any one attribute in the set of non-searchable attributes, wherein an attribute in the set of non-searchable attributes is stored in the database in a manner that does not enable a database query to be performed against the attribute of the set of non-searchable attributes, wherein the set of non-searchable attributes is stored in a first database table in a first database location and the set of searchable attributes is stored in a second database table in a second database location, wherein first database table is accessed before the second database table, and wherein the first database location is more rapidly accessible than the second database location; wherein the object comprises a hierarchical class-based object; and wherein the set of non-searchable attributes is stored in a top-level database table of a hierarchy of database tables, wherein the hierarchy of database tables is based at least in part on a class hierarchy associated with the hierarchical class-based object.