1. A method comprising: identifying a server in a cloud-based environment that is interfaced with one or more storage devices that store one or more content objects accessible by one or more users, wherein the content objects are identified by one or more hierarchical path identifiers comprising at least one folder identifier corresponding to a logical folder, and wherein the hierarchical path identifiers are stored in a relational database in the storage devices; receiving an operation command from at least one of the users to operate on the content objects associated with the logical folder; generating a search query for the relational database, wherein the search query is configured to select respective portions of the content objects associated with the logical folder; and invoking the operation command over a plurality of result sets selected from issuing the search query multiple times to partition the operation command into separate operations, wherein the separate operations are applied to different portions of the content objects by: (a) issuing the search query to return a portion of the result sets corresponding to the respective portions of the content objects associated with the logical folder, (b) invoking the operation command to the portion of the result sets that is returned by the search query that was issued, and (c) repeating the steps of (a) and (b) by issuing a subsequent search query as the search query until the operation command that was received from the at least one of the users is completed, wherein the subsequent search query returns a subsequent portion of the result sets each time the search query reissues.