diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 7c032d1a9d361d3d37b4b6864b9dd960bb8ffe10..91c6a683b1d6dfc1fa1818ae1d1010f1b4c4afd1 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added Base#update_attributes that'll accept a hash of attributes and save the record (returning true if it passed validation, false otherwise). 
+
+    Before:
+      person.attributes = @params["person"]
+      person.save
+    
+    Now:
+      person.update_attributes(@params["person"])
+
+* Added a return value for Base#update_attribute, so that you get to know whether the save was successful or if it failed validation.
+
 * Added Base.destroy and Base.delete to remove records without holding a reference to them first.
 
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 2bcea9dd5d8d53281477f20f3155a649caec204f..81f9f84d210224e0e751a9f68a2edd4f0233697b 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -789,7 +789,13 @@ def clone
       # Updates a single attribute and saves the record. This is especially useful for boolean flags on existing records.
       def update_attribute(name, value)
         self[name] = value
-        save
+        return save
+      end
+
+      # Updates all the attributes in from the passed hash and saves the record.
+      def update_attributes(attributes)
+        attributes = attributes
+        return save
       end
 
       # Returns the value of attribute identified by <tt>attr_name</tt> after it has been type cast (for example,