diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helper.php b/cake/libs/view/helper.php
index edd0dfbac..cac8134ff 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helper.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helper.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 /**
  * Included libs
  */
-uses('overloadable');
+App::import('Core', 'Overloadable');
 
 /**
  * Backend for helpers.
@@ -452,18 +452,29 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
 /**
  * Returns false if given FORM field has no errors. Otherwise it returns the constant set in the array Model->validationErrors.
  *
- * @param string $model Model name as string
+ * @param string $model		Model name as string
  * @param string $field		Fieldname as string
+ * @param integer $modelID	Unique index identifying this record within the form
  * @return boolean True on errors.
  */
-	function tagIsInvalid($model = null, $field = null) {
-		if ($model == null) {
-			$model = $this->model();
+	function tagIsInvalid($model = null, $field = null, $modelID = null) {
+		foreach (array('model', 'field', 'modelID') as $key) {
+			if (empty(${$key})) {
+				${$key} = $this->{$key}();
+			}
 		}
-		if ($field == null) {
-			$field = $this->field();
+		$view =& ClassRegistry::getObject('view');
+		$errors = $this->validationErrors;
+
+		if ($view->model !== $model && isset($errors[$view->model][$model])) {
+			$errors = $errors[$view->model];
+		}
+
+		if (empty($modelID)) {
+			return empty($errors[$model][$field]) ? 0 : $errors[$model][$field];
+		} else {
+			return empty($errors[$model][$modelID][$field]) ? 0 : $errors[$model][$modelID][$field];
 		}
-		return empty($this->validationErrors[$model][$field]) ? 0 : $this->validationErrors[$model][$field];
 	}
 /**
  * Generates a DOM ID for the selected element, if one is not set.
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php
index c1215765a..868ae88d4 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ class HelperTest extends UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	function testFormFieldNameParsing() {
+		// PHP4 reference hack
+		ClassRegistry::removeObject('view');
+		ClassRegistry::addObject('view', $this->View);
+
 		$this->Helper->setEntity('HelperTestPost.id');
 		$this->assertFalse($this->View->modelScope);
 		$this->assertEqual($this->View->model, 'HelperTestPost');
@@ -240,6 +244,10 @@ class HelperTest extends UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	function testFieldsWithSameName() {
+		// PHP4 reference hack
+		ClassRegistry::removeObject('view');
+		ClassRegistry::addObject('view', $this->View);
+
 		$this->Helper->setEntity('HelperTestTag', true);
 
 		$this->Helper->setEntity('HelperTestTag.id');
@@ -266,6 +274,9 @@ class HelperTest extends UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	function testFieldSameAsModel() {
+		// PHP4 reference hack
+		ClassRegistry::removeObject('view');
+		ClassRegistry::addObject('view', $this->View);
 
 		$this->Helper->setEntity('HelperTestTag', true);
 
@@ -279,6 +290,10 @@ class HelperTest extends UnitTestCase {
 	}
 
 	function testFieldSuffixForDate() {
+		// PHP4 reference hack
+		ClassRegistry::removeObject('view');
+		ClassRegistry::addObject('view', $this->View);
+
 		$this->Helper->setEntity('HelperTestPost', true);
 		$this->assertEqual($this->View->model, 'HelperTestPost');
 		$this->assertEqual($this->View->field, null);
@@ -292,7 +307,6 @@ class HelperTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEqual($this->View->modelId, null);
 		$this->assertEqual($this->View->association, null);
 		$this->assertEqual($this->View->fieldSuffix, 'month');
-
 	}
 
 	function testMulitDimensionValue() {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
index 0b9ca00af..e2388de13 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'ValidateUser' => array('email' => 1),
 			'ValidateProfile' => array('full_name' => 1, 'city' => 1)
 		);
-
 		$this->assertEqual($this->Form->validationErrors, $expected);
 
 		unset($this->ValidateUser->ValidateProfile);
@@ -391,6 +390,17 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		unset($this->ValidateUser);
 	}
 
+	function testFormValidationMultiRecord() {
+		$this->Form->validationErrors['Contact'] = array(2 => array('name' => 'This field cannot be left blank'));
+		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.2.name');
+		$this->assertPattern('/<div[^<>]*class="error-message"[^<>]*>This field cannot be left blank<\/div>/', $result);
+
+		$this->Form->validationErrors['UserForm'] = array('OpenidUrl' => array('url' => 'You must provide a URL'));
+		$this->Form->create('UserForm');
+		$result = $this->Form->input('OpenidUrl.url');
+		$this->assertPattern('/<div[^<>]*class="error-message"[^<>]*>You must provide a URL<\/div>/', $result);
+	}
+
 	function testFormInput() {
 		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.email', array('id' => 'custom'));
 		$expected = '<div class="input"><label for="custom">Email</label><input name="data[Contact][email]" type="text" id="custom" value="" /></div>';