From 7ec8ab55d1e33cd7421ccec6fa50a9db21acda04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sascha Gehlich <sascha@gehlich.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:29:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] updateAttributes data defaults to {}

---
 lib/abstract-class.js | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/abstract-class.js b/lib/abstract-class.js
index 708af0c2..ba8c9545 100644
--- a/lib/abstract-class.js
+++ b/lib/abstract-class.js
@@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ AbstractClass.prototype.updateAttributes = function updateAttributes(data, cb) {
     var inst = this;
     var model = this.constructor.modelName;
 
+    if(!data) data = {};
+
     // update instance's properties
     Object.keys(data).forEach(function (key) {
         inst[key] = data[key];