diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
index 636930674..764df6119 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/components/acl.php
@@ -295,31 +295,37 @@ class DB_ACL extends AclBase {
 		}
 
 		$inherited = array();
+		$acoIDs = $acoPath->extract('{n}.' . $this->Aco->alias . '.id');
+
 		for ($i = 0 ; $i < count($aroPath); $i++) {
+			$permAlias = $this->Aro->Permission->alias;
+			
 			$perms = $this->Aro->Permission->findAll(array(
-						$this->Aro->Permission->alias . '.aro_id' => $aroPath[$i][$this->Aro->alias]['id'],
-						$this->Aro->Permission->alias . '.aco_id' => $acoPath->extract('{n}.' . $this->Aco->alias . '.id')),
-						null, array($this->Aco->alias . '.lft' => 'desc'), null, null, 0);
+				"{$permAlias}.aro_id" => $aroPath[$i][$this->Aro->alias]['id'],
+				"{$permAlias}.aco_id" => $acoIDs),
+				null, array($this->Aco->alias . '.lft' => 'desc'), null, null, 0
+			);
 
 			if (empty($perms)) {
 				continue;
 			} else {
-				foreach (Set::extract($perms, '{n}.' . $this->Aro->Permission->alias) as $perm) {
+				$perms = Set::extract($perms, '{n}.' . $this->Aro->Permission->alias);
+				foreach ($perms as $perm) {
 					if ($action == '*') {
 
 						foreach ($permKeys as $key) {
 							if (!empty($perm)) {
-								if ($perm[$key] == -1) {
+								if ($perm[$key] === -1) {
 									return false;
 								} elseif ($perm[$key] == 1) {
 									$inherited[$key] = 1;
 								}
 							}
 						}
+
 						if (count($inherited) === count($permKeys)) {
 							return true;
 						}
-
 					} else {
 						switch($perm['_' . $action]) {
 							case -1:
@@ -363,10 +369,7 @@ class DB_ACL extends AclBase {
 
 		if ($actions == "*") {
 			$permKeys = $this->_getAcoKeys($this->Aro->Permission->schema());
-
-			foreach ($permKeys as $key) {
-				$save[$key] = $value;
-			}
+			$save = array_combine($permKeys, array_pad(array(), count($permKeys), $value));
 		} else {
 			if (!is_array($actions)) {
 				$actions = array('_' . $actions);
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index f541679c2..395f88b3e 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -773,8 +773,9 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 			$sources = $db->listSources();
 			if (is_array($sources) && !in_array(low($this->tablePrefix . $tableName), array_map('low', $sources))) {
 				return $this->cakeError('missingTable', array(array(
-												'className' => $this->alias,
-												'table' => $this->tablePrefix . $tableName)));
+					'className' => $this->alias,
+					'table' => $this->tablePrefix . $tableName
+				)));
 
 			}
 			$this->_schema = null;
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/acl.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/acl.test.php
index ff0f7a400..b408a0cef 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/acl.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/components/acl.test.php
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ if(!class_exists('permissiontest')) {
 		var $name = 'PermissionTest';
 		var $useTable = 'aros_acos';
 		var $cacheQueries = false;
-		var $belongsTo = array('AroTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aro_id'),
-								'AcoTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aco_id')
-								);
+		var $belongsTo = array('AroTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aro_id'), 'AcoTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aco_id'));
 		var $actsAs = null;
 	}
 }
@@ -91,14 +89,55 @@ if(!class_exists('db_acl_test')) {
 class AclComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 	var $fixtures = array('core.aro', 'core.aco', 'core.aros_aco', 'core.aco_action');
+
+	function start() {
+	}
+
 	function startTest() {
-		Configure::write('Acl.classname', 'DB_ACL_TEST');
-		Configure::write('Acl.database', 'test_suite');
 		$this->Acl =& new AclComponent();
 	}
 
+	function before() {
+		if (!isset($this->_initialized)) {
+			Configure::write('Acl.classname', 'DB_ACL_TEST');
+			Configure::write('Acl.database', 'test_suite');
+
+			if (isset($this->fixtures) && (!is_array($this->fixtures) || empty($this->fixtures))) {
+				unset($this->fixtures);
+			}
+
+			// Set up DB connection
+			if (isset($this->fixtures)) {
+				$this->_initDb();
+				$this->_loadFixtures();
+			}
+			parent::start();
+
+			// Create records
+			if (isset($this->_fixtures) && isset($this->db)) {
+				foreach ($this->_fixtures as $fixture) {
+					$inserts = $fixture->insert();
+
+					if (isset($inserts) && !empty($inserts)) {
+						foreach ($inserts as $query) {
+							if (isset($query) && $query !== false) {
+								$this->db->execute($query);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			$this->startTest();
+			$this->_initialized = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function after() {
+	}
+
 	function testAclCreate() {
-		$this->Acl->Aro->create(array('alias'=>'Global'));
+		$this->Acl->Aro->create(array('alias' => 'Global'));
 		$result = $this->Acl->Aro->save();
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
 
@@ -118,7 +157,7 @@ class AclComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$result = $this->Acl->Aro->save();
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
 
-		$this->Acl->Aco->create(array('alias'=>'Reports'));
+		$this->Acl->Aco->create(array('alias' => 'Reports'));
 		$result = $this->Acl->Aco->save();
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
 
@@ -160,10 +199,10 @@ class AclComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	}
 
 	function testDbAclAllow() {
-		$result = $this->Acl->allow('Manager','Reports',array('read','delete','update'));
+		$result = $this->Acl->allow('Manager', 'Reports', array('read','delete','update'));
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
 
-		$result = $this->Acl->allow('Secretary','Links',array('create'));
+		$result = $this->Acl->allow('Secretary', 'Links', array('create'));
 		$this->assertTrue($result);
 	}
 
@@ -225,12 +264,8 @@ class AclComponentTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 	}
 
-	function after() {
-		parent::after('end');
-	}
-
 	function tearDown() {
-		unset($this->Acl);
 	}
 }
+
 ?>
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/db_acl.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/db_acl.test.php
index d64230d38..c45f00909 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/db_acl.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/db_acl.test.php
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ if(!class_exists('permissiontest')) {
 		var $name = 'PermissionTest';
 		var $useTable = 'aros_acos';
 		var $cacheQueries = false;
-		var $belongsTo = array('AroTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aro_id'),
-								'AcoTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aco_id')
-								);
+		var $belongsTo = array('AroTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aro_id'), 'AcoTest' => array('foreignKey' => 'aco_id'));
 		var $actsAs = null;
 	}
 }
@@ -167,7 +165,6 @@ if(!class_exists('db_acl_test')) {
 			$result = Set::extract($aco->node('Controller2/action3/record5'), '{n}.AcoTest.id');
 			$expected = array(6, 1);
 			$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
-
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/fixtures/aco_fixture.php b/cake/tests/fixtures/aco_fixture.php
index d4592c3cf..661aa830e 100644
--- a/cake/tests/fixtures/aco_fixture.php
+++ b/cake/tests/fixtures/aco_fixture.php
@@ -35,24 +35,25 @@
 class AcoFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 	var $name = 'Aco';
 	var $fields = array(
-		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'key' => 'primary', 'extra'=> 'auto_increment'),
-		'parent_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
-		'model' => array('type' => 'string', 'default' => ''),
+		'id'		=> array('type' => 'integer', 'key' => 'primary', 'extra'=> 'auto_increment'),
+		'parent_id'	=> array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
+		'model'		=> array('type' => 'string', 'default' => ''),
 		'foreign_key' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
-		'alias' => array('type' => 'string', 'default' => ''),
-		'lft' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
-		'rght' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true)
+		'alias'		=> array('type' => 'string', 'default' => ''),
+		'lft'		=> array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
+		'rght'		=> array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true)
 	);
+
 	var $records = array(
-		array ('id' => 1, 'parent_id' => null, 	'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'ROOT',			'lft' => 1,  'rght' => 18),
-        array ('id' => 2, 'parent_id' => 1,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'Controller1',	'lft' => 2,  'rght' => 9),
-        array ('id' => 3, 'parent_id' => 2,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action1',		'lft' => 3,  'rght' => 6),
-        array ('id' => 4, 'parent_id' => 3,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'record1',		'lft' => 4,  'rght' => 5),
-        array ('id' => 5, 'parent_id' => 2,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action2',		'lft' => 7,  'rght' => 8),
-        array ('id' => 6, 'parent_id' => 1,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'Controller2',	'lft' => 10, 'rght' => 17),
-        array ('id' => 7, 'parent_id' => 6,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action1',		'lft' => 11, 'rght' => 14),
-        array ('id' => 8, 'parent_id' => 7,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'record1',		'lft' => 12, 'rght' => 13),
-        array ('id' => 9, 'parent_id' => 6,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action2',		'lft' => 15, 'rght' => 16),
+		array('id' => 1, 'parent_id' => null, 	'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'ROOT',			'lft' => 1,  'rght' => 18),
+        array('id' => 2, 'parent_id' => 1,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'Controller1',	'lft' => 2,  'rght' => 9),
+        array('id' => 3, 'parent_id' => 2,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action1',		'lft' => 3,  'rght' => 6),
+        array('id' => 4, 'parent_id' => 3,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'record1',		'lft' => 4,  'rght' => 5),
+        array('id' => 5, 'parent_id' => 2,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action2',		'lft' => 7,  'rght' => 8),
+        array('id' => 6, 'parent_id' => 1,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'Controller2',	'lft' => 10, 'rght' => 17),
+        array('id' => 7, 'parent_id' => 6,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action1',		'lft' => 11, 'rght' => 14),
+        array('id' => 8, 'parent_id' => 7,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'record1',		'lft' => 12, 'rght' => 13),
+        array('id' => 9, 'parent_id' => 6,		'model' => null, 'foreign_key' => null, 'alias' => 'action2',		'lft' => 15, 'rght' => 16),
 	);
 }
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/fixtures/aro_fixture.php b/cake/tests/fixtures/aro_fixture.php
index 65bce68ea..132c50f5f 100644
--- a/cake/tests/fixtures/aro_fixture.php
+++ b/cake/tests/fixtures/aro_fixture.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  */
 class AroFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 	var $name = 'Aro';
+
 	var $fields = array(
 		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'key' => 'primary', 'extra'=> 'auto_increment'),
 		'parent_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class AroFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 		'lft' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true),
 		'rght' => array('type' => 'integer', 'length' => 10, 'null' => true)
 	);
+
 	var $records = array(
 	);
 }