From 4721f2748773f4cb68fb3f0b47a93a7bb3f25a97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:46:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [be/memory][xs]: micro fix for null fields.

---
 src/backend.memory.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend.memory.js b/src/backend.memory.js
index c1cf8dcf..6fcdc5ee 100644
--- a/src/backend.memory.js
+++ b/src/backend.memory.js
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ this.recline.Backend.Memory = this.recline.Backend.Memory || {};
             var foundmatch = false;
             _.each(self.fields, function(field) {
               var value = rawdoc[field.id];
-              if (value !== null) { value = value.toString(); }
+              if (value !== null) { 
+                value = value.toString();
+              } else {
+                // value can be null (apparently in some cases)
+                value = '';
+              }
               // TODO regexes?
               foundmatch = foundmatch || (value.toLowerCase() === term.toLowerCase());
               // TODO: early out (once we are true should break to spare unnecessary testing)