diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index ecedce26b7..6ad345a971 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Gasper Koren
     Martin Kosír <martin@martinkosir.net>
     Arthur Koziel <http://arthurkoziel.com>
+    Honza Kral <honza.kral@gmail.com>
     Meir Kriheli <http://mksoft.co.il/>
     Bruce Kroeze <http://coderseye.com/>
     krzysiek.pawlik@silvermedia.pl
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
index 5c2a7c17f4..c18af6260a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
@@ -578,12 +578,12 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         """
         messages.info(request, message)
 
-    def save_form(self, request, form, change):
+    def save_form(self, request, form, change, commit=False):
         """
         Given a ModelForm return an unsaved instance. ``change`` is True if
         the object is being changed, and False if it's being added.
         """
-        return form.save(commit=False)
+        return form.save(commit=commit)
 
     def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
         """
@@ -757,8 +757,12 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         if request.method == 'POST':
             form = ModelForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
             if form.is_valid():
+                # Save the object, even if inline formsets haven't been
+                # validated yet. We need to pass the valid model to the
+                # formsets for validation. If the formsets do not validate, we
+                # will delete the object.
+                new_object = self.save_form(request, form, change=False, commit=True)
                 form_validated = True
-                new_object = self.save_form(request, form, change=False)
             else:
                 form_validated = False
                 new_object = self.model()
@@ -774,13 +778,15 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
                                   prefix=prefix, queryset=inline.queryset(request))
                 formsets.append(formset)
             if all_valid(formsets) and form_validated:
-                self.save_model(request, new_object, form, change=False)
-                form.save_m2m()
                 for formset in formsets:
                     self.save_formset(request, form, formset, change=False)
 
                 self.log_addition(request, new_object)
                 return self.response_add(request, new_object)
+            elif form_validated:
+                # The form was valid, but formsets were not, so delete the
+                # object we saved above.
+                new_object.delete()
         else:
             # Prepare the dict of initial data from the request.
             # We have to special-case M2Ms as a list of comma-separated PKs.
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/forms.py b/django/contrib/auth/forms.py
index 55e770e553..dbc55ca0f9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/forms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User, UNUSABLE_PASSWORD
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.contrib.auth.tokens import default_token_generator
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ class UserCreationForm(forms.ModelForm):
         model = User
         fields = ("username",)
 
+    def clean(self):
+        # Fill the password field so model validation won't complain about it
+        # being blank. We'll set it with the real value below.
+        self.instance.password = UNUSABLE_PASSWORD
+        super(UserCreationForm, self).clean()
+
     def clean_username(self):
         username = self.cleaned_data["username"]
         try:
@@ -34,15 +40,9 @@ class UserCreationForm(forms.ModelForm):
         password2 = self.cleaned_data["password2"]
         if password1 != password2:
             raise forms.ValidationError(_("The two password fields didn't match."))
+        self.instance.set_password(password1)
         return password2
 
-    def save(self, commit=True):
-        user = super(UserCreationForm, self).save(commit=False)
-        user.set_password(self.cleaned_data["password1"])
-        if commit:
-            user.save()
-        return user
-
 class UserChangeForm(forms.ModelForm):
     username = forms.RegexField(label=_("Username"), max_length=30, regex=r'^\w+$',
         help_text = _("Required. 30 characters or fewer. Alphanumeric characters only (letters, digits and underscores)."),
diff --git a/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py b/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py
index 66fa9e6013..8a3ddfb52a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py
+++ b/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ class BaseGenericInlineFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
         # Avoid a circular import.
         from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
         opts = self.model._meta
-        self.instance = instance
+        if instance is None:
+            self.instance = self.model()
+        else:
+            self.instance = instance
+        self.save_as_new = save_as_new
         self.rel_name = '-'.join((
             opts.app_label, opts.object_name.lower(),
             self.ct_field.name, self.ct_fk_field.name,
@@ -324,15 +328,19 @@ class BaseGenericInlineFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
         ))
     get_default_prefix = classmethod(get_default_prefix)
 
-    def save_new(self, form, commit=True):
+    def _construct_form(self, i, **kwargs):
         # Avoid a circular import.
         from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-        kwargs = {
-            self.ct_field.get_attname(): ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.instance).pk,
-            self.ct_fk_field.get_attname(): self.instance.pk,
-        }
-        new_obj = self.model(**kwargs)
-        return save_instance(form, new_obj, commit=commit)
+        form = super(BaseGenericInlineFormSet, self)._construct_form(i, **kwargs)
+        if self.save_as_new:
+            # Remove the key from the form's data, we are only creating new instances.
+            form.data[form.add_prefix(self.ct_fk_field.name)] = None
+            form.data[form.add_prefix(self.ct_field.name)] = None
+
+        # Set the GenericForeignKey value here so that the form can do its validation.
+        setattr(form.instance, self.ct_fk_field.attname, self.instance.pk)
+        setattr(form.instance, self.ct_field.attname, ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.instance).pk)
+        return form
 
 def generic_inlineformset_factory(model, form=ModelForm,
                                   formset=BaseGenericInlineFormSet,
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/ar/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/ar/forms.py
index 8e8e1af387..53721a17b6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/ar/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/ar/forms.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ AR-specific Form helpers.
 """
 
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import RegexField, CharField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import RegexField, CharField, Select
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/au/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/au/forms.py
index afc3a0cc4c..87e04387f5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/au/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/au/forms.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 Australian-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
-from django.forms.util import smart_unicode
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py
index 6d0a0384c6..9f482cd01f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/br/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 BR-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, CharField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, CharField, Select
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/forms.py
index 542ff40670..ae3c76e24a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/ca/forms.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 Canada-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
-from django.forms.util import smart_unicode
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/ch/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/ch/forms.py
index bd92fcae98..eb1ae68844 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/ch/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/ch/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Swiss-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/cl/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/cl/forms.py
index 61b3ab7aac..48219e88af 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/cl/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/cl/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Chile specific form helpers.
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/cz/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/cz/forms.py
index 6c7a5bf5dd..e980569c70 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/cz/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/cz/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Czech-specific form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Select, RegexField, Field, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Select, RegexField, Field
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/de/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/de/forms.py
index 7a1b7c03c8..a785a7194e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/de/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/de/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 DE-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/es/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/es/forms.py
index a033f3e46b..8c4a19e614 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/es/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/es/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 Spanish-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/fi/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/fi/forms.py
index 2b82a796fe..9c163c9143 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/fi/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/fi/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ FI-specific Form helpers
 """
 
 import re
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 class FIZipCodeField(RegexField):
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py
index 4cd84102a8..963eadc86a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/fr/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 FR-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/id/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/id/forms.py
index 0d68fa32d5..834e588749 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/id/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/id/forms.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ ID-specific Form helpers
 import re
 import time
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/in_/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/in_/forms.py
index 270b0a09b1..0597623400 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/in_/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/in_/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 India-specific Form helpers.
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import gettext
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/is_/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/is_/forms.py
index cab6eb18c0..abf858df2b 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/is_/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/is_/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Iceland specific form helpers.
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import RegexField, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import RegexField
 from django.forms.widgets import Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py
index d2d651955a..baa56a21ba 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/it/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 IT-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.contrib.localflavor.it.util import ssn_check_digit, vat_number_check_digit
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/kw/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/kw/forms.py
index 32d6cb990a..94296255d6 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/kw/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/kw/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ Kuwait-specific Form helpers
 """
 import re
 from datetime import date
+
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 id_re = re.compile(r'^(?P<initial>\d{1})(?P<yy>\d\d)(?P<mm>\d\d)(?P<dd>\d\d)(?P<mid>\d{4})(?P<checksum>\d{1})')
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/nl/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/nl/forms.py
index 6dc5319eb7..997c28f609 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/nl/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/nl/forms.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ NL-specific Form helpers
 
 import re
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/no/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/no/forms.py
index 0fe55adf7e..61a269c0fe 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/no/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/no/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Norwegian-specific Form helpers
 """
 
 import re, datetime
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 class NOZipCodeField(RegexField):
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/pe/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/pe/forms.py
index d83a2225be..7a4ac9e8d9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/pe/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/pe/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 PE-specific Form helpers.
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import RegexField, CharField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import RegexField, CharField, Select
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 class PERegionSelect(Select):
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/pt/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/pt/forms.py
index 86833fc85f..1f51679c4a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/pt/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/pt/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 PT-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/ro/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/ro/forms.py
index ca51d91839..dd86fce9f2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/ro/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/ro/forms.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Romanian specific form helpers.
 
 import re
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError, Field, RegexField, Select
-from django.forms.fields import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 class ROCIFField(RegexField):
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/se/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/se/forms.py
index eebd580c45..951f4f8d55 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/se/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/se/forms.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Swedish specific Form helpers
 import re
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from django.forms.fields import EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.contrib.localflavor.se.utils import (id_number_checksum,
     validate_id_birthday, format_personal_id_number, valid_organisation,
     format_organisation_number)
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/us/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/us/forms.py
index cd18a7da9f..c426d36c66 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/us/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/us/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 USA-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, EMPTY_VALUES, CharField
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, Select, CharField
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import re
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/uy/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/uy/forms.py
index 5b47ba1e24..3f70cf336a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/uy/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/uy/forms.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ UY-specific form helpers.
 """
 import re
 
-from django.forms.fields import Select, RegexField, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Select, RegexField
 from django.forms import ValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.localflavor.uy.util import get_validation_digit
diff --git a/django/contrib/localflavor/za/forms.py b/django/contrib/localflavor/za/forms.py
index 7b7b714398..9a54f1ecb2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/localflavor/za/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/localflavor/za/forms.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 South Africa-specific Form helpers
 """
 
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
 from django.forms import ValidationError
-from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField, EMPTY_VALUES
+from django.forms.fields import Field, RegexField
 from django.utils.checksums import luhn
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 import re
diff --git a/django/core/exceptions.py b/django/core/exceptions.py
index 1c21031739..fee7db4778 100644
--- a/django/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/django/core/exceptions.py
@@ -32,6 +32,42 @@ class FieldError(Exception):
     """Some kind of problem with a model field."""
     pass
 
-class ValidationError(Exception):
+NON_FIELD_ERRORS = '__all__'
+class BaseValidationError(Exception):
     """An error while validating data."""
+    def __init__(self, message, code=None, params=None):
+        import operator
+        from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+        """
+        ValidationError can be passed any object that can be printed (usually
+        a string), a list of objects or a dictionary.
+        """
+        if isinstance(message, dict):
+            self.message_dict = message
+            # Reduce each list of messages into a single list.
+            message = reduce(operator.add, message.values())
+
+        if isinstance(message, list):
+            self.messages = [force_unicode(msg) for msg in message]
+        else:
+            self.code = code
+            self.params = params
+            message = force_unicode(message)
+            self.messages = [message]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        # This is needed because, without a __str__(), printing an exception
+        # instance would result in this:
+        # AttributeError: ValidationError instance has no attribute 'args'
+        # See http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node10.html#handling
+        if hasattr(self, 'message_dict'):
+            return repr(self.message_dict)
+        return repr(self.messages)
+
+class ValidationError(BaseValidationError):
     pass
+
+class UnresolvableValidationError(BaseValidationError):
+    """Validation error that cannot be resolved by the user."""
+    pass
+
diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cd290fba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/core/validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import re
+
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
+
+# These values, if given to validate(), will trigger the self.required check.
+EMPTY_VALUES = (None, '', [], (), {})
+
+try:
+    from django.conf import settings
+    URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT = settings.URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT
+except ImportError:
+    # It's OK if Django settings aren't configured.
+    URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT = 'Django (http://www.djangoproject.com/)'
+
+class RegexValidator(object):
+    regex = ''
+    message = _(u'Enter a valid value.')
+    code = 'invalid'
+
+    def __init__(self, regex=None, message=None, code=None):
+        if regex is not None:
+            self.regex = regex
+        if message is not None:
+            self.message = message
+        if code is not None:
+            self.code = code
+
+        if isinstance(self.regex, basestring):
+            self.regex = re.compile(regex)
+
+    def __call__(self, value):
+        """
+        Validates that the input matches the regular expression.
+        """
+        if not self.regex.search(smart_unicode(value)):
+            raise ValidationError(self.message, code=self.code)
+
+class URLValidator(RegexValidator):
+    regex = re.compile(
+        r'^https?://' # http:// or https://
+        r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|' #domain...
+        r'localhost|' #localhost...
+        r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})' # ...or ip
+        r'(?::\d+)?' # optional port
+        r'(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
+
+    def __init__(self, verify_exists=False, validator_user_agent=URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT):
+        super(URLValidator, self).__init__()
+        self.verify_exists = verify_exists
+        self.user_agent = validator_user_agent
+
+    def __call__(self, value):
+        super(URLValidator, self).__call__(value)
+        if self.verify_exists:
+            import urllib2
+            headers = {
+                "Accept": "text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5",
+                "Accept-Language": "en-us,en;q=0.5",
+                "Accept-Charset": "ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7",
+                "Connection": "close",
+                "User-Agent": self.user_agent,
+            }
+            try:
+                req = urllib2.Request(value, None, headers)
+                u = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise ValidationError(_(u'Enter a valid URL.'), code='invalid')
+            except: # urllib2.URLError, httplib.InvalidURL, etc.
+                raise ValidationError(_(u'This URL appears to be a broken link.'), code='invalid_link')
+
+
+def validate_integer(value):
+    try:
+        int(value)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError), e:
+        raise ValidationError('')
+
+
+email_re = re.compile(
+    r"(^[-!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{}|~0-9A-Z]+(\.[-!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{}|~0-9A-Z]+)*"  # dot-atom
+    r'|^"([\001-\010\013\014\016-\037!#-\[\]-\177]|\\[\001-011\013\014\016-\177])*"' # quoted-string
+    r')@(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+[A-Z]{2,6}\.?$', re.IGNORECASE)  # domain
+validate_email = RegexValidator(email_re, _(u'Enter a valid e-mail address.'), 'invalid')
+
+slug_re = re.compile(r'^[-\w]+$')
+validate_slug = RegexValidator(slug_re, _(u"Enter a valid 'slug' consisting of letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens."), 'invalid')
+
+ipv4_re = re.compile(r'^(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[0-1]?\d?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[0-1]?\d?\d)){3}$')
+validate_ipv4_address = RegexValidator(ipv4_re, _(u'Enter a valid IPv4 address.'), 'invalid')
+
+comma_separated_int_list_re = re.compile('^[\d,]+$')
+validate_comma_separated_integer_list = RegexValidator(comma_separated_int_list_re, _(u'Enter only digits separated by commas.'), 'invalid')
+
+
+class BaseValidator(object):
+    compare = lambda self, a, b: a is not b
+    clean   = lambda self, x: x
+    message = _(u'Ensure this value is %(limit_value)s (it is %(show_value)s).')
+    code = 'limit_value'
+
+    def __init__(self, limit_value):
+        self.limit_value = limit_value
+
+    def __call__(self, value):
+        cleaned = self.clean(value)
+        params = {'limit_value': self.limit_value, 'show_value': cleaned}
+        if self.compare(cleaned, self.limit_value):
+            raise ValidationError(
+                self.message % params,
+                code=self.code,
+                params=params,
+            )
+
+class MaxValueValidator(BaseValidator):
+    compare = lambda self, a, b: a > b
+    message = _(u'Ensure this value is less than or equal to %(limit_value)s.')
+    code = 'max_value'
+
+class MinValueValidator(BaseValidator):
+    compare = lambda self, a, b: a < b
+    message = _(u'Ensure this value is greater than or equal to %(limit_value)s.')
+    code = 'min_value'
+
+class MinLengthValidator(BaseValidator):
+    compare = lambda self, a, b: a < b
+    clean   = lambda self, x: len(x)
+    message = _(u'Ensure this value has at least %(limit_value)d characters (it has %(show_value)d).')
+    code = 'min_length'
+
+class MaxLengthValidator(BaseValidator):
+    compare = lambda self, a, b: a > b
+    clean   = lambda self, x: len(x)
+    message = _(u'Ensure this value has at most %(limit_value)d characters (it has %(show_value)d).')
+    code = 'max_length'
+
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index 3464ae6712..935933ae0e 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import sys
 import os
 from itertools import izip
 import django.db.models.manager     # Imported to register signal handler.
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, MultipleObjectsReturned, FieldError
+from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, MultipleObjectsReturned, FieldError, ValidationError, NON_FIELD_ERRORS
+from django.core import validators
 from django.db.models.fields import AutoField, FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models.fields.related import OneToOneRel, ManyToOneRel, OneToOneField
 from django.db.models.query import delete_objects, Q
@@ -12,9 +13,11 @@ from django.db.models.options import Options
 from django.db import connections, transaction, DatabaseError, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.db.models import signals
 from django.db.models.loading import register_models, get_model
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 import django.utils.copycompat as copy
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_unicode, smart_unicode
+from django.utils.text import get_text_list, capfirst
 from django.conf import settings
 
 class ModelBase(type):
@@ -639,6 +642,180 @@ class Model(object):
     def prepare_database_save(self, unused):
         return self.pk
 
+    def validate(self):
+        """
+        Hook for doing any extra model-wide validation after clean() has been
+        called on every field. Any ValidationError raised by this method will
+        not be associated with a particular field; it will have a special-case
+        association with the field defined by NON_FIELD_ERRORS.
+        """
+        self.validate_unique()
+
+    def validate_unique(self):
+        unique_checks, date_checks = self._get_unique_checks()
+
+        errors = self._perform_unique_checks(unique_checks)
+        date_errors = self._perform_date_checks(date_checks)
+
+        for k, v in date_errors.items():
+             errors.setdefault(k, []).extend(v)
+
+        if errors:
+            raise ValidationError(errors)
+
+    def _get_unique_checks(self):
+        from django.db.models.fields import FieldDoesNotExist, Field as ModelField
+
+        unique_checks = list(self._meta.unique_together)
+        # these are checks for the unique_for_<date/year/month>
+        date_checks = []
+
+        # Gather a list of checks for fields declared as unique and add them to
+        # the list of checks. Again, skip empty fields and any that did not validate.
+        for f in self._meta.fields:
+            name = f.name
+            if f.unique:
+                unique_checks.append((name,))
+            if f.unique_for_date:
+                date_checks.append(('date', name, f.unique_for_date))
+            if f.unique_for_year:
+                date_checks.append(('year', name, f.unique_for_year))
+            if f.unique_for_month:
+                date_checks.append(('month', name, f.unique_for_month))
+        return unique_checks, date_checks
+
+
+    def _perform_unique_checks(self, unique_checks):
+        errors = {}
+
+        for unique_check in unique_checks:
+            # Try to look up an existing object with the same values as this
+            # object's values for all the unique field.
+
+            lookup_kwargs = {}
+            for field_name in unique_check:
+                f = self._meta.get_field(field_name)
+                lookup_value = getattr(self, f.attname)
+                if f.null and lookup_value is None:
+                    # no value, skip the lookup
+                    continue
+                if f.primary_key and not getattr(self, '_adding', False):
+                    # no need to check for unique primary key when editting 
+                    continue
+                lookup_kwargs[str(field_name)] = lookup_value
+
+            # some fields were skipped, no reason to do the check
+            if len(unique_check) != len(lookup_kwargs.keys()):
+                continue
+
+            qs = self.__class__._default_manager.filter(**lookup_kwargs)
+
+            # Exclude the current object from the query if we are editing an
+            # instance (as opposed to creating a new one)
+            if not getattr(self, '_adding', False) and self.pk is not None:
+                qs = qs.exclude(pk=self.pk)
+
+            # This cute trick with extra/values is the most efficient way to
+            # tell if a particular query returns any results.
+            if qs.extra(select={'a': 1}).values('a').order_by():
+                if len(unique_check) == 1:
+                    key = unique_check[0]
+                else:
+                    key = NON_FIELD_ERRORS
+                errors.setdefault(key, []).append(self.unique_error_message(unique_check))
+
+        return errors
+
+    def _perform_date_checks(self, date_checks):
+        errors = {}
+        for lookup_type, field, unique_for in date_checks:
+            lookup_kwargs = {}
+            # there's a ticket to add a date lookup, we can remove this special
+            # case if that makes it's way in
+            date = getattr(self, unique_for)
+            if lookup_type == 'date':
+                lookup_kwargs['%s__day' % unique_for] = date.day
+                lookup_kwargs['%s__month' % unique_for] = date.month
+                lookup_kwargs['%s__year' % unique_for] = date.year
+            else:
+                lookup_kwargs['%s__%s' % (unique_for, lookup_type)] = getattr(date, lookup_type)
+            lookup_kwargs[field] = getattr(self, field)
+
+            qs = self.__class__._default_manager.filter(**lookup_kwargs)
+            # Exclude the current object from the query if we are editing an
+            # instance (as opposed to creating a new one)
+            if not getattr(self, '_adding', False) and self.pk is not None:
+                qs = qs.exclude(pk=self.pk)
+
+            # This cute trick with extra/values is the most efficient way to
+            # tell if a particular query returns any results.
+            if qs.extra(select={'a': 1}).values('a').order_by():
+                errors.setdefault(field, []).append(
+                    self.date_error_message(lookup_type, field, unique_for)
+                )
+        return errors
+
+    def date_error_message(self, lookup_type, field, unique_for):
+        opts = self._meta
+        return _(u"%(field_name)s must be unique for %(date_field)s %(lookup)s.") % {
+            'field_name': unicode(capfirst(opts.get_field(field).verbose_name)),
+            'date_field': unicode(capfirst(opts.get_field(unique_for).verbose_name)),
+            'lookup': lookup_type,
+        }
+
+    def unique_error_message(self, unique_check):
+        opts = self._meta
+        model_name = capfirst(opts.verbose_name)
+
+        # A unique field
+        if len(unique_check) == 1:
+            field_name = unique_check[0]
+            field_label = capfirst(opts.get_field(field_name).verbose_name)
+            # Insert the error into the error dict, very sneaky
+            return _(u"%(model_name)s with this %(field_label)s already exists.") %  {
+                'model_name': unicode(model_name),
+                'field_label': unicode(field_label)
+            }
+        # unique_together
+        else:
+            field_labels = map(lambda f: capfirst(opts.get_field(f).verbose_name), unique_check)
+            field_labels = get_text_list(field_labels, _('and'))
+            return _(u"%(model_name)s with this %(field_label)s already exists.") %  {
+                'model_name': unicode(model_name),
+                'field_label': unicode(field_labels)
+            }
+
+    def full_validate(self, exclude=[]):
+        """
+        Cleans all fields and raises ValidationError containing message_dict
+        of all validation errors if any occur.
+        """
+        errors = {}
+        for f in self._meta.fields:
+            if f.name in exclude:
+                continue
+            try:
+                setattr(self, f.attname, f.clean(getattr(self, f.attname), self))
+            except ValidationError, e:
+                errors[f.name] = e.messages
+
+        # Form.clean() is run even if other validation fails, so do the
+        # same with Model.validate() for consistency.
+        try:
+            self.validate()
+        except ValidationError, e:
+            if hasattr(e, 'message_dict'):
+                if errors:
+                    for k, v in e.message_dict.items():
+                        errors.set_default(k, []).extend(v)
+                else:
+                    errors = e.message_dict
+            else:
+                errors[NON_FIELD_ERRORS] = e.messages
+
+        if errors:
+            raise ValidationError(errors)
+
 
 ############################################
 # HELPER FUNCTIONS (CURRIED MODEL METHODS) #
diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index b70f320df3..25f44a4d1c 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ from django.db.models.query_utils import QueryWrapper
 from django.dispatch import dispatcher
 from django.conf import settings
 from django import forms
-from django.core import exceptions
+from django.core import exceptions, validators
 from django.utils.datastructures import DictWrapper
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.utils.itercompat import tee
 from django.utils.text import capfirst
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy, ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ugettext
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, force_unicode, smart_str
 from django.utils import datetime_safe
 
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ class Field(object):
     # creates, creation_counter is used for all user-specified fields.
     creation_counter = 0
     auto_creation_counter = -1
+    default_validators = [] # Default set of validators
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid_choice': _(u'Value %r is not a valid choice.'),
+        'null': _(u'This field cannot be null.'),
+        'blank': _(u'This field cannot be blank.'),
+    }
 
     # Generic field type description, usually overriden by subclasses
     def _description(self):
@@ -73,7 +79,8 @@ class Field(object):
             db_index=False, rel=None, default=NOT_PROVIDED, editable=True,
             serialize=True, unique_for_date=None, unique_for_month=None,
             unique_for_year=None, choices=None, help_text='', db_column=None,
-            db_tablespace=None, auto_created=False):
+            db_tablespace=None, auto_created=False, validators=[],
+            error_messages=None):
         self.name = name
         self.verbose_name = verbose_name
         self.primary_key = primary_key
@@ -106,6 +113,42 @@ class Field(object):
             self.creation_counter = Field.creation_counter
             Field.creation_counter += 1
 
+        self.validators = self.default_validators + validators
+
+        messages = {}
+        for c in reversed(self.__class__.__mro__):
+            messages.update(getattr(c, 'default_error_messages', {}))
+        messages.update(error_messages or {})
+        self.error_messages = messages
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        """
+        Pickling support.
+        """
+        from django.utils.functional import Promise
+        obj_dict = self.__dict__.copy()
+        items = []
+        translated_keys = []
+        for k, v in self.error_messages.items():
+            if isinstance(v, Promise):
+                args = getattr(v, '_proxy____args', None)
+                if args:
+                    translated_keys.append(k)
+                    v = args[0]
+            items.append((k,v))
+        obj_dict['_translated_keys'] = translated_keys
+        obj_dict['error_messages'] = dict(items)
+        return obj_dict
+
+    def __setstate__(self, obj_dict):
+        """
+        Unpickling support.
+        """
+        translated_keys = obj_dict.pop('_translated_keys')
+        self.__dict__.update(obj_dict)
+        for k in translated_keys:
+            self.error_messages[k] = _(self.error_messages[k])
+
     def __cmp__(self, other):
         # This is needed because bisect does not take a comparison function.
         return cmp(self.creation_counter, other.creation_counter)
@@ -127,6 +170,54 @@ class Field(object):
         """
         return value
 
+    def run_validators(self, value):
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
+            return
+
+        errors = []
+        for v in self.validators:
+            try:
+                v(value)
+            except exceptions.ValidationError, e:
+                if hasattr(e, 'code') and e.code in self.error_messages:
+                    message = self.error_messages[e.code]
+                    if e.params:
+                        message = message % e.params
+                    errors.append(message)
+                else:
+                    errors.extend(e.messages)
+        if errors:
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(errors)
+
+    def validate(self, value, model_instance):
+        """
+        Validates value and throws ValidationError. Subclasses should override
+        this to provide validation logic.
+        """
+        if not self.editable:
+            # Skip validation for non-editable fields.
+            return
+        if self._choices and value:
+            if not value in dict(self.choices):
+                raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_choice'] % value)
+
+        if value is None and not self.null:
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['null'])
+
+        if not self.blank and value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['blank'])
+
+    def clean(self, value, model_instance):
+        """
+        Convert the value's type and run validation. Validation errors from to_python
+        and validate are propagated. The correct value is returned if no error is
+        raised.
+        """
+        value = self.to_python(value)
+        self.validate(value, model_instance)
+        self.run_validators(value)
+        return value
+
     def db_type(self, connection):
         """
         Returns the database column data type for this field, for the provided
@@ -377,9 +468,12 @@ class Field(object):
         return getattr(obj, self.attname)
 
 class AutoField(Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Integer")
+    description = _("Integer")
 
     empty_strings_allowed = False
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _(u'This value must be an integer.'),
+    }
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         assert kwargs.get('primary_key', False) is True, "%ss must have primary_key=True." % self.__class__.__name__
         kwargs['blank'] = True
@@ -391,8 +485,10 @@ class AutoField(Field):
         try:
             return int(value)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                _("This value must be an integer."))
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
+
+    def validate(self, value, model_instance):
+        pass
 
     def get_prep_value(self, value):
         if value is None:
@@ -410,7 +506,10 @@ class AutoField(Field):
 
 class BooleanField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Boolean (Either True or False)")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _(u'This value must be either True or False.'),
+    }
+    description = _("Boolean (Either True or False)")
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['blank'] = True
         if 'default' not in kwargs and not kwargs.get('null'):
@@ -424,8 +523,7 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
         if value in (True, False): return value
         if value in ('t', 'True', '1'): return True
         if value in ('f', 'False', '0'): return False
-        raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-            _("This value must be either True or False."))
+        raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def get_prep_lookup(self, lookup_type, value):
         # Special-case handling for filters coming from a web request (e.g. the
@@ -453,36 +551,35 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
         return super(BooleanField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class CharField(Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("String (up to %(max_length)s)")
+    description = _("String (up to %(max_length)s)")
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(CharField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.validators.append(validators.MaxLengthValidator(self.max_length))
 
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "CharField"
 
     def to_python(self, value):
-        if isinstance(value, basestring):
+        if isinstance(value, basestring) or value is None:
             return value
-        if value is None:
-            if self.null:
-                return value
-            else:
-                raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                    ugettext_lazy("This field cannot be null."))
         return smart_unicode(value)
 
     def formfield(self, **kwargs):
+        # Passing max_length to forms.CharField means that the value's length
+        # will be validated twice. This is considered acceptable since we want
+        # the value in the form field (to pass into widget for example).
         defaults = {'max_length': self.max_length}
         defaults.update(kwargs)
         return super(CharField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 # TODO: Maybe move this into contrib, because it's specialized.
 class CommaSeparatedIntegerField(CharField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Comma-separated integers")
+    default_validators = [validators.validate_comma_separated_integer_list]
+    description = _("Comma-separated integers")
 
     def formfield(self, **kwargs):
         defaults = {
-            'form_class': forms.RegexField,
-            'regex': '^[\d,]+$',
-            'max_length': self.max_length,
             'error_messages': {
                 'invalid': _(u'Enter only digits separated by commas.'),
             }
@@ -493,9 +590,13 @@ class CommaSeparatedIntegerField(CharField):
 ansi_date_re = re.compile(r'^\d{4}-\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}$')
 
 class DateField(Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Date (without time)")
+    description = _("Date (without time)")
 
     empty_strings_allowed = False
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _('Enter a valid date in YYYY-MM-DD format.'),
+        'invalid_date': _('Invalid date: %s'),
+    }
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False, **kwargs):
         self.auto_now, self.auto_now_add = auto_now, auto_now_add
         #HACKs : auto_now_add/auto_now should be done as a default or a pre_save.
@@ -516,8 +617,7 @@ class DateField(Field):
             return value
 
         if not ansi_date_re.search(value):
-            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                _('Enter a valid date in YYYY-MM-DD format.'))
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
         # Now that we have the date string in YYYY-MM-DD format, check to make
         # sure it's a valid date.
         # We could use time.strptime here and catch errors, but datetime.date
@@ -526,7 +626,7 @@ class DateField(Field):
         try:
             return datetime.date(year, month, day)
         except ValueError, e:
-            msg = _('Invalid date: %s') % _(str(e))
+            msg = self.error_messages['invalid_date'] % _(str(e))
             raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
 
     def pre_save(self, model_instance, add):
@@ -575,7 +675,10 @@ class DateField(Field):
         return super(DateField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class DateTimeField(DateField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Date (with time)")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid date/time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]] format.'),
+    }
+    description = _("Date (with time)")
 
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "DateTimeField"
@@ -596,8 +699,7 @@ class DateTimeField(DateField):
                 value, usecs = value.split('.')
                 usecs = int(usecs)
             except ValueError:
-                raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                    _('Enter a valid date/time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]] format.'))
+                raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
         else:
             usecs = 0
         kwargs = {'microsecond': usecs}
@@ -614,8 +716,7 @@ class DateTimeField(DateField):
                     return datetime.datetime(*time.strptime(value, '%Y-%m-%d')[:3],
                                              **kwargs)
                 except ValueError:
-                    raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                        _('Enter a valid date/time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]] format.'))
+                    raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def get_prep_value(self, value):
         return self.to_python(value)
@@ -642,7 +743,11 @@ class DateTimeField(DateField):
 
 class DecimalField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Decimal number")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _(u'This value must be a decimal number.'),
+    }
+    description = _("Decimal number")
+
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, max_digits=None, decimal_places=None, **kwargs):
         self.max_digits, self.decimal_places = max_digits, decimal_places
         Field.__init__(self, verbose_name, name, **kwargs)
@@ -656,8 +761,7 @@ class DecimalField(Field):
         try:
             return decimal.Decimal(value)
         except decimal.InvalidOperation:
-            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                _("This value must be a decimal number."))
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def _format(self, value):
         if isinstance(value, basestring) or value is None:
@@ -696,18 +800,15 @@ class DecimalField(Field):
         return super(DecimalField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class EmailField(CharField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("E-mail address")
+    default_validators = [validators.validate_email]
+    description = _("E-mail address")
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['max_length'] = kwargs.get('max_length', 75)
         CharField.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def formfield(self, **kwargs):
-        defaults = {'form_class': forms.EmailField}
-        defaults.update(kwargs)
-        return super(EmailField, self).formfield(**defaults)
-
 class FilePathField(Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("File path")
+    description = _("File path")
 
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, path='', match=None, recursive=False, **kwargs):
         self.path, self.match, self.recursive = path, match, recursive
@@ -729,7 +830,10 @@ class FilePathField(Field):
 
 class FloatField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Floating point number")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _("This value must be a float."),
+    }
+    description = _("Floating point number")
 
     def get_prep_value(self, value):
         if value is None:
@@ -745,8 +849,7 @@ class FloatField(Field):
         try:
             return float(value)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                _("This value must be a float."))
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def formfield(self, **kwargs):
         defaults = {'form_class': forms.FloatField}
@@ -755,7 +858,10 @@ class FloatField(Field):
 
 class IntegerField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Integer")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _("This value must be a float."),
+    }
+    description = _("Integer")
 
     def get_prep_value(self, value):
         if value is None:
@@ -771,8 +877,7 @@ class IntegerField(Field):
         try:
             return int(value)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                _("This value must be an integer."))
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def formfield(self, **kwargs):
         defaults = {'form_class': forms.IntegerField}
@@ -781,7 +886,7 @@ class IntegerField(Field):
 
 class BigIntegerField(IntegerField):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Big (8 byte) integer")
+    description = _("Big (8 byte) integer")
     MAX_BIGINT = 9223372036854775807
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "BigIntegerField"
@@ -794,7 +899,7 @@ class BigIntegerField(IntegerField):
 
 class IPAddressField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("IP address")
+    description = _("IP address")
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['max_length'] = 15
         Field.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -809,7 +914,11 @@ class IPAddressField(Field):
 
 class NullBooleanField(Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Boolean (Either True, False or None)")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _("This value must be either None, True or False."),
+    }
+    description = _("Boolean (Either True, False or None)")
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['null'] = True
         Field.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -822,8 +931,7 @@ class NullBooleanField(Field):
         if value in ('None',): return None
         if value in ('t', 'True', '1'): return True
         if value in ('f', 'False', '0'): return False
-        raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-            _("This value must be either None, True or False."))
+        raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def get_prep_lookup(self, lookup_type, value):
         # Special-case handling for filters coming from a web request (e.g. the
@@ -849,7 +957,7 @@ class NullBooleanField(Field):
         return super(NullBooleanField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class PositiveIntegerField(IntegerField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Integer")
+    description = _("Integer")
 
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "PositiveIntegerField"
@@ -860,7 +968,7 @@ class PositiveIntegerField(IntegerField):
         return super(PositiveIntegerField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class PositiveSmallIntegerField(IntegerField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Integer")
+    description = _("Integer")
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "PositiveSmallIntegerField"
 
@@ -870,7 +978,7 @@ class PositiveSmallIntegerField(IntegerField):
         return super(PositiveSmallIntegerField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class SlugField(CharField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("String (up to %(max_length)s)")
+    description = _("String (up to %(max_length)s)")
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['max_length'] = kwargs.get('max_length', 50)
         # Set db_index=True unless it's been set manually.
@@ -887,13 +995,13 @@ class SlugField(CharField):
         return super(SlugField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class SmallIntegerField(IntegerField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Integer")
+    description = _("Integer")
 
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "SmallIntegerField"
 
 class TextField(Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Text")
+    description = _("Text")
 
     def get_internal_type(self):
         return "TextField"
@@ -904,9 +1012,12 @@ class TextField(Field):
         return super(TextField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class TimeField(Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Time")
+    description = _("Time")
 
     empty_strings_allowed = False
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _('Enter a valid time in HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]] format.'),
+    }
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False, **kwargs):
         self.auto_now, self.auto_now_add = auto_now, auto_now_add
         if auto_now or auto_now_add:
@@ -935,8 +1046,7 @@ class TimeField(Field):
                 value, usecs = value.split('.')
                 usecs = int(usecs)
             except ValueError:
-                raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                    _('Enter a valid time in HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]] format.'))
+                raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
         else:
             usecs = 0
         kwargs = {'microsecond': usecs}
@@ -949,8 +1059,7 @@ class TimeField(Field):
                 return datetime.time(*time.strptime(value, '%H:%M')[3:5],
                                          **kwargs)
             except ValueError:
-                raise exceptions.ValidationError(
-                    _('Enter a valid time in HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]] format.'))
+                raise exceptions.ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
     def pre_save(self, model_instance, add):
         if self.auto_now or (self.auto_now_add and add):
@@ -983,21 +1092,17 @@ class TimeField(Field):
         return super(TimeField, self).formfield(**defaults)
 
 class URLField(CharField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("URL")
+    description = _("URL")
 
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, verify_exists=True, **kwargs):
         kwargs['max_length'] = kwargs.get('max_length', 200)
-        self.verify_exists = verify_exists
         CharField.__init__(self, verbose_name, name, **kwargs)
-
-    def formfield(self, **kwargs):
-        defaults = {'form_class': forms.URLField, 'verify_exists': self.verify_exists}
-        defaults.update(kwargs)
-        return super(URLField, self).formfield(**defaults)
+        self.validators.append(validators.URLValidator(verify_exists=verify_exists))
 
 class XMLField(TextField):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("XML text")
+    description = _("XML text")
 
     def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, schema_path=None, **kwargs):
         self.schema_path = schema_path
         Field.__init__(self, verbose_name, name, **kwargs)
+
diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/related.py b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
index 7cc9a03907..749bdcf39a 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/related.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.db.models.related import RelatedObject
 from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
 from django.db.models.query_utils import QueryWrapper
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy, string_concat, ungettext, ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, string_concat, ungettext, ugettext
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.core import exceptions
 from django import forms
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def create_many_related_manager(superclass, rel=False):
             if not rel.through._meta.auto_created:
                 opts = through._meta
                 raise AttributeError, "Cannot use create() on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model. Use %s.%s's Manager instead." % (opts.app_label, opts.object_name)
-            new_obj = super(ManyRelatedManager, self).using(self.instance._state.db).create(**kwargs)
+            new_obj = super(ManyRelatedManager, self).create(**kwargs)
             self.add(new_obj)
             return new_obj
         create.alters_data = True
@@ -708,7 +708,10 @@ class ManyToManyRel(object):
 
 class ForeignKey(RelatedField, Field):
     empty_strings_allowed = False
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Foreign Key (type determined by related field)")
+    default_error_messages = {
+        'invalid': _('Model %(model)s with pk %(pk)r does not exist.')
+    }
+    description = _("Foreign Key (type determined by related field)")
     def __init__(self, to, to_field=None, rel_class=ManyToOneRel, **kwargs):
         try:
             to_name = to._meta.object_name.lower()
@@ -731,6 +734,18 @@ class ForeignKey(RelatedField, Field):
 
         self.db_index = True
 
+    def validate(self, value, model_instance):
+        if self.rel.parent_link:
+            return
+        super(ForeignKey, self).validate(value, model_instance)
+        if not value:
+            return
+        try:
+            self.rel.to._default_manager.get(**{self.rel.field_name:value})
+        except self.rel.to.DoesNotExist, e:
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(
+                    self.error_messages['invalid'] % {'model': self.rel.to._meta.verbose_name, 'pk': value})
+
     def get_attname(self):
         return '%s_id' % self.name
 
@@ -812,7 +827,7 @@ class OneToOneField(ForeignKey):
     always returns the object pointed to (since there will only ever be one),
     rather than returning a list.
     """
-    description = ugettext_lazy("One-to-one relationship")
+    description = _("One-to-one relationship")
     def __init__(self, to, to_field=None, **kwargs):
         kwargs['unique'] = True
         super(OneToOneField, self).__init__(to, to_field, OneToOneRel, **kwargs)
@@ -826,6 +841,12 @@ class OneToOneField(ForeignKey):
             return None
         return super(OneToOneField, self).formfield(**kwargs)
 
+    def save_form_data(self, instance, data):
+        if isinstance(data, self.rel.to):
+            setattr(instance, self.name, data)
+        else:
+            setattr(instance, self.attname, data)
+
 def create_many_to_many_intermediary_model(field, klass):
     from django.db import models
     managed = True
@@ -866,7 +887,7 @@ def create_many_to_many_intermediary_model(field, klass):
     })
 
 class ManyToManyField(RelatedField, Field):
-    description = ugettext_lazy("Many-to-many relationship")
+    description = _("Many-to-many relationship")
     def __init__(self, to, **kwargs):
         try:
             assert not to._meta.abstract, "%s cannot define a relation with abstract class %s" % (self.__class__.__name__, to._meta.object_name)
@@ -886,7 +907,7 @@ class ManyToManyField(RelatedField, Field):
 
         Field.__init__(self, **kwargs)
 
-        msg = ugettext_lazy('Hold down "Control", or "Command" on a Mac, to select more than one.')
+        msg = _('Hold down "Control", or "Command" on a Mac, to select more than one.')
         self.help_text = string_concat(self.help_text, ' ', msg)
 
     def get_choices_default(self):
diff --git a/django/forms/__init__.py b/django/forms/__init__.py
index 0d9c68f9e0..dc8b5212c4 100644
--- a/django/forms/__init__.py
+++ b/django/forms/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TODO:
     "This form field requires foo.js" and form.js_includes()
 """
 
-from util import ValidationError
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from widgets import *
 from fields import *
 from forms import *
diff --git a/django/forms/fields.py b/django/forms/fields.py
index 1194196fd1..2e6eb821f3 100644
--- a/django/forms/fields.py
+++ b/django/forms/fields.py
@@ -14,15 +14,21 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from StringIO import StringIO
 
-import django.core.exceptions
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.core import validators
 import django.utils.copycompat as copy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, smart_str
 from django.utils.formats import get_format
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
 
-from util import ErrorList, ValidationError
-from widgets import TextInput, PasswordInput, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput, FileInput, CheckboxInput, Select, NullBooleanSelect, SelectMultiple, DateInput, DateTimeInput, TimeInput, SplitDateTimeWidget, SplitHiddenDateTimeWidget
+# Provide this import for backwards compatibility.
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
+
+from util import ErrorList
+from widgets import TextInput, PasswordInput, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput, \
+        FileInput, CheckboxInput, Select, NullBooleanSelect, SelectMultiple, \
+        DateInput, DateTimeInput, TimeInput, SplitDateTimeWidget, SplitHiddenDateTimeWidget
 
 __all__ = (
     'Field', 'CharField', 'IntegerField',
@@ -36,9 +42,6 @@ __all__ = (
     'TypedChoiceField'
 )
 
-# These values, if given to to_python(), will trigger the self.required check.
-EMPTY_VALUES = (None, '')
-
 def en_format(name):
     """
     Helper function to stay backward compatible.
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ DEFAULT_DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS = lazy(lambda: en_format('DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS'
 class Field(object):
     widget = TextInput # Default widget to use when rendering this type of Field.
     hidden_widget = HiddenInput # Default widget to use when rendering this as "hidden".
+    default_validators = [] # Default set of validators
     default_error_messages = {
         'required': _(u'This field is required.'),
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid value.'),
@@ -66,7 +70,8 @@ class Field(object):
     creation_counter = 0
 
     def __init__(self, required=True, widget=None, label=None, initial=None,
-                 help_text=None, error_messages=None, show_hidden_initial=False):
+                 help_text=None, error_messages=None, show_hidden_initial=False,
+                 validators=[]):
         # required -- Boolean that specifies whether the field is required.
         #             True by default.
         # widget -- A Widget class, or instance of a Widget class, that should
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ class Field(object):
         # help_text -- An optional string to use as "help text" for this Field.
         # show_hidden_initial -- Boolean that specifies if it is needed to render a
         #                        hidden widget with initial value after widget.
+        # validators -- List of addtional validators to use
         if label is not None:
             label = smart_unicode(label)
         self.required, self.label, self.initial = required, label, initial
@@ -105,16 +111,39 @@ class Field(object):
         self.creation_counter = Field.creation_counter
         Field.creation_counter += 1
 
-        def set_class_error_messages(messages, klass):
-            for base_class in klass.__bases__:
-                set_class_error_messages(messages, base_class)
-            messages.update(getattr(klass, 'default_error_messages', {}))
-
         messages = {}
-        set_class_error_messages(messages, self.__class__)
+        for c in reversed(self.__class__.__mro__):
+            messages.update(getattr(c, 'default_error_messages', {}))
         messages.update(error_messages or {})
         self.error_messages = messages
 
+        self.validators = self.default_validators + validators
+
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        return value
+
+    def validate(self, value):
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES and self.required:
+            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
+
+    def run_validators(self, value):
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
+            return
+        errors = []
+        for v in self.validators:
+            try:
+                v(value)
+            except ValidationError, e:
+                if hasattr(e, 'code') and e.code in self.error_messages:
+                    message = self.error_messages[e.code]
+                    if e.params:
+                        message = message % e.params
+                    errors.append(message)
+                else:
+                    errors.extend(e.messages)
+        if errors:
+            raise ValidationError(errors)
+
     def clean(self, value):
         """
         Validates the given value and returns its "cleaned" value as an
@@ -122,8 +151,9 @@ class Field(object):
 
         Raises ValidationError for any errors.
         """
-        if self.required and value in EMPTY_VALUES:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
+        value = self.to_python(value)
+        self.validate(value)
+        self.run_validators(value)
         return value
 
     def widget_attrs(self, widget):
@@ -141,27 +171,19 @@ class Field(object):
         return result
 
 class CharField(Field):
-    default_error_messages = {
-        'max_length': _(u'Ensure this value has at most %(max)d characters (it has %(length)d).'),
-        'min_length': _(u'Ensure this value has at least %(min)d characters (it has %(length)d).'),
-    }
-
     def __init__(self, max_length=None, min_length=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.max_length, self.min_length = max_length, min_length
         super(CharField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        if min_length is not None:
+            self.validators.append(validators.MinLengthValidator(min_length))
+        if max_length is not None:
+            self.validators.append(validators.MaxLengthValidator(max_length))
 
-    def clean(self, value):
-        "Validates max_length and min_length. Returns a Unicode object."
-        super(CharField, self).clean(value)
-        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        "Returns a Unicode object."
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return u''
-        value = smart_unicode(value)
-        value_length = len(value)
-        if self.max_length is not None and value_length > self.max_length:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['max_length'] % {'max': self.max_length, 'length': value_length})
-        if self.min_length is not None and value_length < self.min_length:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['min_length'] % {'min': self.min_length, 'length': value_length})
-        return value
+        return smart_unicode(value)
 
     def widget_attrs(self, widget):
         if self.max_length is not None and isinstance(widget, (TextInput, PasswordInput)):
@@ -171,87 +193,82 @@ class CharField(Field):
 class IntegerField(Field):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a whole number.'),
-        'max_value': _(u'Ensure this value is less than or equal to %s.'),
-        'min_value': _(u'Ensure this value is greater than or equal to %s.'),
+        'max_value': _(u'Ensure this value is less than or equal to %(limit_value)s.'),
+        'min_value': _(u'Ensure this value is greater than or equal to %(limit_value)s.'),
     }
 
     def __init__(self, max_value=None, min_value=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.max_value, self.min_value = max_value, min_value
         super(IntegerField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+        if max_value is not None:
+            self.validators.append(validators.MaxValueValidator(max_value))
+        if min_value is not None:
+            self.validators.append(validators.MinValueValidator(min_value))
+
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Validates that int() can be called on the input. Returns the result
         of int(). Returns None for empty values.
         """
-        super(IntegerField, self).clean(value)
-        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        value = super(IntegerField, self).to_python(value)
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
+
         try:
             value = int(str(value))
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
-        if self.max_value is not None and value > self.max_value:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['max_value'] % self.max_value)
-        if self.min_value is not None and value < self.min_value:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['min_value'] % self.min_value)
         return value
 
-class FloatField(Field):
+class FloatField(IntegerField):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a number.'),
-        'max_value': _(u'Ensure this value is less than or equal to %s.'),
-        'min_value': _(u'Ensure this value is greater than or equal to %s.'),
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, max_value=None, min_value=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.max_value, self.min_value = max_value, min_value
-        Field.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
-        Validates that float() can be called on the input. Returns a float.
-        Returns None for empty values.
+        Validates that float() can be called on the input. Returns the result
+        of float(). Returns None for empty values.
         """
-        super(FloatField, self).clean(value)
-        if not self.required and value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        value = super(IntegerField, self).to_python(value)
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
+
         try:
             # We always accept dot as decimal separator
             if isinstance(value, str) or isinstance(value, unicode):
                 value = float(value.replace(get_format('DECIMAL_SEPARATOR'), '.'))
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
-        if self.max_value is not None and value > self.max_value:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['max_value'] % self.max_value)
-        if self.min_value is not None and value < self.min_value:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['min_value'] % self.min_value)
         return value
 
 class DecimalField(Field):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a number.'),
-        'max_value': _(u'Ensure this value is less than or equal to %s.'),
-        'min_value': _(u'Ensure this value is greater than or equal to %s.'),
+        'max_value': _(u'Ensure this value is less than or equal to %(limit_value)s.'),
+        'min_value': _(u'Ensure this value is greater than or equal to %(limit_value)s.'),
         'max_digits': _('Ensure that there are no more than %s digits in total.'),
         'max_decimal_places': _('Ensure that there are no more than %s decimal places.'),
         'max_whole_digits': _('Ensure that there are no more than %s digits before the decimal point.')
     }
 
     def __init__(self, max_value=None, min_value=None, max_digits=None, decimal_places=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.max_value, self.min_value = max_value, min_value
         self.max_digits, self.decimal_places = max_digits, decimal_places
         Field.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+        if max_value is not None:
+            self.validators.append(validators.MaxValueValidator(max_value))
+        if min_value is not None:
+            self.validators.append(validators.MinValueValidator(min_value))
+
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Validates that the input is a decimal number. Returns a Decimal
         instance. Returns None for empty values. Ensures that there are no more
         than max_digits in the number, and no more than decimal_places digits
         after the decimal point.
         """
-        super(DecimalField, self).clean(value)
-        if not self.required and value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
         value = smart_str(value).strip()
         try:
@@ -260,7 +277,12 @@ class DecimalField(Field):
                 value = Decimal(value.replace(get_format('DECIMAL_SEPARATOR'), '.'))
         except DecimalException:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
+        return value
 
+    def validate(self, value):
+        super(DecimalField, self).validate(value)
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
+            return
         sign, digittuple, exponent = value.as_tuple()
         decimals = abs(exponent)
         # digittuple doesn't include any leading zeros.
@@ -273,10 +295,6 @@ class DecimalField(Field):
             digits = decimals
         whole_digits = digits - decimals
 
-        if self.max_value is not None and value > self.max_value:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['max_value'] % self.max_value)
-        if self.min_value is not None and value < self.min_value:
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['min_value'] % self.min_value)
         if self.max_digits is not None and digits > self.max_digits:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['max_digits'] % self.max_digits)
         if self.decimal_places is not None and decimals > self.decimal_places:
@@ -295,13 +313,12 @@ class DateField(Field):
         super(DateField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.input_formats = input_formats
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Validates that the input can be converted to a date. Returns a Python
         datetime.date object.
         """
-        super(DateField, self).clean(value)
-        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
         if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             return value.date()
@@ -324,13 +341,12 @@ class TimeField(Field):
         super(TimeField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.input_formats = input_formats
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Validates that the input can be converted to a time. Returns a Python
         datetime.time object.
         """
-        super(TimeField, self).clean(value)
-        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
         if isinstance(value, datetime.time):
             return value
@@ -351,13 +367,12 @@ class DateTimeField(Field):
         super(DateTimeField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.input_formats = input_formats
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Validates that the input can be converted to a datetime. Returns a
         Python datetime.datetime object.
         """
-        super(DateTimeField, self).clean(value)
-        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
         if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             return value
@@ -392,40 +407,13 @@ class RegexField(CharField):
         if isinstance(regex, basestring):
             regex = re.compile(regex)
         self.regex = regex
+        self.validators.append(validators.RegexValidator(regex=regex))
 
-    def clean(self, value):
-        """
-        Validates that the input matches the regular expression. Returns a
-        Unicode object.
-        """
-        value = super(RegexField, self).clean(value)
-        if value == u'':
-            return value
-        if not self.regex.search(value):
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
-        return value
-
-email_re = re.compile(
-    r"(^[-!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{}|~0-9A-Z]+(\.[-!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{}|~0-9A-Z]+)*"  # dot-atom
-    r'|^"([\001-\010\013\014\016-\037!#-\[\]-\177]|\\[\001-011\013\014\016-\177])*"' # quoted-string
-    r')@(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+[A-Z]{2,6}\.?$', re.IGNORECASE)  # domain
-
-class EmailField(RegexField):
+class EmailField(CharField):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid e-mail address.'),
     }
-
-    def __init__(self, max_length=None, min_length=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        RegexField.__init__(self, email_re, max_length, min_length, *args,
-                            **kwargs)
-
-try:
-    from django.conf import settings
-    URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT = settings.URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT
-except ImportError:
-    # It's OK if Django settings aren't configured.
-    URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT = 'Django (http://www.djangoproject.com/)'
-
+    default_validators = [validators.validate_email]
 
 class FileField(Field):
     widget = FileInput
@@ -440,12 +428,9 @@ class FileField(Field):
         self.max_length = kwargs.pop('max_length', None)
         super(FileField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def clean(self, data, initial=None):
-        super(FileField, self).clean(initial or data)
-        if not self.required and data in EMPTY_VALUES:
+    def to_python(self, data):
+        if data in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return None
-        elif not data and initial:
-            return initial
 
         # UploadedFile objects should have name and size attributes.
         try:
@@ -464,21 +449,24 @@ class FileField(Field):
 
         return data
 
+    def clean(self, data, initial=None):
+        if not data and initial:
+            return initial
+        return super(FileField, self).clean(data)
+
 class ImageField(FileField):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid_image': _(u"Upload a valid image. The file you uploaded was either not an image or a corrupted image."),
     }
 
-    def clean(self, data, initial=None):
+    def to_python(self, data):
         """
         Checks that the file-upload field data contains a valid image (GIF, JPG,
         PNG, possibly others -- whatever the Python Imaging Library supports).
         """
-        f = super(ImageField, self).clean(data, initial)
+        f = super(ImageField, self).to_python(data)
         if f is None:
             return None
-        elif not data and initial:
-            return initial
         from PIL import Image
 
         # We need to get a file object for PIL. We might have a path or we might
@@ -517,59 +505,34 @@ class ImageField(FileField):
             f.seek(0)
         return f
 
-url_re = re.compile(
-    r'^https?://' # http:// or https://
-    r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|' #domain...
-    r'localhost|' #localhost...
-    r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})' # ...or ip
-    r'(?::\d+)?' # optional port
-    r'(?:/?|/\S+)$', re.IGNORECASE)
-
-class URLField(RegexField):
+class URLField(CharField):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid URL.'),
         'invalid_link': _(u'This URL appears to be a broken link.'),
     }
 
     def __init__(self, max_length=None, min_length=None, verify_exists=False,
-            validator_user_agent=URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(URLField, self).__init__(url_re, max_length, min_length, *args,
+            validator_user_agent=validators.URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(URLField, self).__init__(max_length, min_length, *args,
                                        **kwargs)
-        self.verify_exists = verify_exists
-        self.user_agent = validator_user_agent
+        self.validators.append(validators.URLValidator(verify_exists=verify_exists, validator_user_agent=validator_user_agent))
 
-    def clean(self, value):
-        # If no URL scheme given, assume http://
-        if value and '://' not in value:
-            value = u'http://%s' % value
-        # If no URL path given, assume /
-        if value and not urlparse.urlsplit(value)[2]:
-            value += '/'
-        value = super(URLField, self).clean(value)
-        if value == u'':
-            return value
-        if self.verify_exists:
-            import urllib2
-            headers = {
-                "Accept": "text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5",
-                "Accept-Language": "en-us,en;q=0.5",
-                "Accept-Charset": "ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7",
-                "Connection": "close",
-                "User-Agent": self.user_agent,
-            }
-            try:
-                req = urllib2.Request(value, None, headers)
-                u = urllib2.urlopen(req)
-            except ValueError:
-                raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
-            except: # urllib2.URLError, httplib.InvalidURL, etc.
-                raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_link'])
-        return value
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        if value:
+            if '://' not in value:
+                # If no URL scheme given, assume http://
+                value = u'http://%s' % value
+            url_fields = list(urlparse.urlsplit(value))
+            if not url_fields[2]:
+                # the path portion may need to be added before query params
+                url_fields[2] = '/'
+                value = urlparse.urlunsplit(url_fields)
+        return super(URLField, self).to_python(value)
 
 class BooleanField(Field):
     widget = CheckboxInput
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """Returns a Python boolean object."""
         # Explicitly check for the string 'False', which is what a hidden field
         # will submit for False. Also check for '0', since this is what
@@ -579,7 +542,7 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
             value = False
         else:
             value = bool(value)
-        super(BooleanField, self).clean(value)
+        value = super(BooleanField, self).to_python(value)
         if not value and self.required:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
         return value
@@ -591,7 +554,7 @@ class NullBooleanField(BooleanField):
     """
     widget = NullBooleanSelect
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Explicitly checks for the string 'True' and 'False', which is what a
         hidden field will submit for True and False, and for '1' and '0', which
@@ -605,6 +568,9 @@ class NullBooleanField(BooleanField):
         else:
             return None
 
+    def validate(self, value):
+        pass
+
 class ChoiceField(Field):
     widget = Select
     default_error_messages = {
@@ -613,8 +579,8 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
 
     def __init__(self, choices=(), required=True, widget=None, label=None,
                  initial=None, help_text=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(ChoiceField, self).__init__(required, widget, label, initial,
-                                          help_text, *args, **kwargs)
+        super(ChoiceField, self).__init__(required=required, widget=widget, label=label, 
+                                        initial=initial, help_text=help_text, *args, **kwargs)
         self.choices = choices
 
     def _get_choices(self):
@@ -628,19 +594,19 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
 
     choices = property(_get_choices, _set_choices)
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        "Returns a Unicode object."
+        if value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
+            return u''
+        return smart_unicode(value)
+
+    def validate(self, value):
         """
         Validates that the input is in self.choices.
         """
-        value = super(ChoiceField, self).clean(value)
-        if value in EMPTY_VALUES:
-            value = u''
-        value = smart_unicode(value)
-        if value == u'':
-            return value
-        if not self.valid_value(value):
+        super(ChoiceField, self).validate(value)
+        if value and not self.valid_value(value):
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_choice'] % {'value': value})
-        return value
 
     def valid_value(self, value):
         "Check to see if the provided value is a valid choice"
@@ -661,27 +627,24 @@ class TypedChoiceField(ChoiceField):
         self.empty_value = kwargs.pop('empty_value', '')
         super(TypedChoiceField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
         """
         Validate that the value is in self.choices and can be coerced to the
         right type.
         """
-        value = super(TypedChoiceField, self).clean(value)
-        if value == self.empty_value or value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+        value = super(TypedChoiceField, self).to_python(value)
+        super(TypedChoiceField, self).validate(value)
+        if value == self.empty_value or value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
             return self.empty_value
-
-        # Hack alert: This field is purpose-made to use with Field.to_python as
-        # a coercion function so that ModelForms with choices work. However,
-        # Django's Field.to_python raises
-        # django.core.exceptions.ValidationError, which is a *different*
-        # exception than django.forms.util.ValidationError. So we need to catch
-        # both.
         try:
             value = self.coerce(value)
-        except (ValueError, TypeError, django.core.exceptions.ValidationError):
+        except (ValueError, TypeError, ValidationError):
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_choice'] % {'value': value})
         return value
 
+    def validate(self, value):
+        pass
+
 class MultipleChoiceField(ChoiceField):
     hidden_widget = MultipleHiddenInput
     widget = SelectMultiple
@@ -690,22 +653,23 @@ class MultipleChoiceField(ChoiceField):
         'invalid_list': _(u'Enter a list of values.'),
     }
 
-    def clean(self, value):
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        if not value:
+            return []
+        elif not isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_list'])
+        return [smart_unicode(val) for val in value]
+
+    def validate(self, value):
         """
         Validates that the input is a list or tuple.
         """
         if self.required and not value:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
-        elif not self.required and not value:
-            return []
-        if not isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
-            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_list'])
-        new_value = [smart_unicode(val) for val in value]
         # Validate that each value in the value list is in self.choices.
-        for val in new_value:
+        for val in value:
             if not self.valid_value(val):
                 raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_choice'] % {'value': val})
-        return new_value
 
 class ComboField(Field):
     """
@@ -760,6 +724,9 @@ class MultiValueField(Field):
             f.required = False
         self.fields = fields
 
+    def validate(self, value):
+        pass
+
     def clean(self, value):
         """
         Validates every value in the given list. A value is validated against
@@ -772,7 +739,7 @@ class MultiValueField(Field):
         clean_data = []
         errors = ErrorList()
         if not value or isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
-            if not value or not [v for v in value if v not in EMPTY_VALUES]:
+            if not value or not [v for v in value if v not in validators.EMPTY_VALUES]:
                 if self.required:
                     raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
                 else:
@@ -784,7 +751,7 @@ class MultiValueField(Field):
                 field_value = value[i]
             except IndexError:
                 field_value = None
-            if self.required and field_value in EMPTY_VALUES:
+            if self.required and field_value in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
                 raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['required'])
             try:
                 clean_data.append(field.clean(field_value))
@@ -795,7 +762,10 @@ class MultiValueField(Field):
                 errors.extend(e.messages)
         if errors:
             raise ValidationError(errors)
-        return self.compress(clean_data)
+
+        out = self.compress(clean_data)
+        self.validate(out)
+        return out
 
     def compress(self, data_list):
         """
@@ -864,30 +834,24 @@ class SplitDateTimeField(MultiValueField):
         if data_list:
             # Raise a validation error if time or date is empty
             # (possible if SplitDateTimeField has required=False).
-            if data_list[0] in EMPTY_VALUES:
+            if data_list[0] in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
                 raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_date'])
-            if data_list[1] in EMPTY_VALUES:
+            if data_list[1] in validators.EMPTY_VALUES:
                 raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid_time'])
             return datetime.datetime.combine(*data_list)
         return None
 
-ipv4_re = re.compile(r'^(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[0-1]?\d?\d)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|[0-1]?\d?\d)){3}$')
 
-class IPAddressField(RegexField):
+class IPAddressField(CharField):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid IPv4 address.'),
     }
+    default_validators = [validators.validate_ipv4_address]
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(IPAddressField, self).__init__(ipv4_re, *args, **kwargs)
 
-slug_re = re.compile(r'^[-\w]+$')
-
-class SlugField(RegexField):
+class SlugField(CharField):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _(u"Enter a valid 'slug' consisting of letters, numbers,"
                      u" underscores or hyphens."),
     }
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(SlugField, self).__init__(slug_re, *args, **kwargs)
+    default_validators = [validators.validate_slug]
diff --git a/django/forms/forms.py b/django/forms/forms.py
index 7f6fa51287..d484300a0d 100644
--- a/django/forms/forms.py
+++ b/django/forms/forms.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Form classes
 """
 
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.copycompat import deepcopy
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from django.utils.html import conditional_escape
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from fields import Field, FileField
 from widgets import Media, media_property, TextInput, Textarea
-from util import flatatt, ErrorDict, ErrorList, ValidationError
+from util import flatatt, ErrorDict, ErrorList
 
 __all__ = ('BaseForm', 'Form')
 
diff --git a/django/forms/formsets.py b/django/forms/formsets.py
index bb8e3107e1..d5101c762e 100644
--- a/django/forms/formsets.py
+++ b/django/forms/formsets.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from forms import Form
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.encoding import StrAndUnicode
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from fields import IntegerField, BooleanField
 from widgets import Media, HiddenInput
-from util import ErrorList, ErrorDict, ValidationError
+from util import ErrorList
 
 __all__ = ('BaseFormSet', 'all_valid')
 
diff --git a/django/forms/models.py b/django/forms/models.py
index 1c5f446c2b..ff20c936cb 100644
--- a/django/forms/models.py
+++ b/django/forms/models.py
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from django.utils.text import get_text_list, capfirst
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ugettext
 
-from util import ValidationError, ErrorList
-from forms import BaseForm, get_declared_fields, NON_FIELD_ERRORS
-from fields import Field, ChoiceField, IntegerField, EMPTY_VALUES
-from widgets import Select, SelectMultiple, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError, NON_FIELD_ERRORS, UnresolvableValidationError
+from django.core.validators import EMPTY_VALUES
+from util import ErrorList
+from forms import BaseForm, get_declared_fields
+from fields import Field, ChoiceField
+from widgets import SelectMultiple, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput
 from widgets import media_property
 from formsets import BaseFormSet, formset_factory, DELETION_FIELD_NAME
 
@@ -27,20 +29,15 @@ __all__ = (
     'ModelMultipleChoiceField',
 )
 
-
-def save_instance(form, instance, fields=None, fail_message='saved',
-                  commit=True, exclude=None):
+def construct_instance(form, instance, fields=None, exclude=None):
     """
-    Saves bound Form ``form``'s cleaned_data into model instance ``instance``.
-
-    If commit=True, then the changes to ``instance`` will be saved to the
-    database. Returns ``instance``.
+    Constructs and returns a model instance from the bound ``form``'s
+    ``cleaned_data``, but does not save the returned instance to the
+    database.
     """
     from django.db import models
     opts = instance._meta
-    if form.errors:
-        raise ValueError("The %s could not be %s because the data didn't"
-                         " validate." % (opts.object_name, fail_message))
+
     cleaned_data = form.cleaned_data
     file_field_list = []
     for f in opts.fields:
@@ -65,9 +62,28 @@ def save_instance(form, instance, fields=None, fail_message='saved',
     for f in file_field_list:
         f.save_form_data(instance, cleaned_data[f.name])
 
+    return instance
+
+def save_instance(form, instance, fields=None, fail_message='saved',
+                  commit=True, exclude=None, construct=True):
+    """
+    Saves bound Form ``form``'s cleaned_data into model instance ``instance``.
+
+    If commit=True, then the changes to ``instance`` will be saved to the
+    database. Returns ``instance``.
+
+    If construct=False, assume ``instance`` has already been constructed and
+    just needs to be saved.
+    """
+    if construct:
+        instance = construct_instance(form, instance, fields, exclude)
+    opts = instance._meta
+    if form.errors:
+        raise ValueError("The %s could not be %s because the data didn't"
+                         " validate." % (opts.object_name, fail_message))
+
     # Wrap up the saving of m2m data as a function.
     def save_m2m():
-        opts = instance._meta
         cleaned_data = form.cleaned_data
         for f in opts.many_to_many:
             if fields and f.name not in fields:
@@ -120,7 +136,7 @@ def model_to_dict(instance, fields=None, exclude=None):
     the ``fields`` argument.
     """
     # avoid a circular import
-    from django.db.models.fields.related import ManyToManyField, OneToOneField
+    from django.db.models.fields.related import ManyToManyField
     opts = instance._meta
     data = {}
     for f in opts.fields + opts.many_to_many:
@@ -218,8 +234,10 @@ class BaseModelForm(BaseForm):
             # if we didn't get an instance, instantiate a new one
             self.instance = opts.model()
             object_data = {}
+            self.instance._adding = True
         else:
             self.instance = instance
+            self.instance._adding = False
             object_data = model_to_dict(instance, opts.fields, opts.exclude)
         # if initial was provided, it should override the values from instance
         if initial is not None:
@@ -228,166 +246,32 @@ class BaseModelForm(BaseForm):
                                             error_class, label_suffix, empty_permitted)
 
     def clean(self):
-        self.validate_unique()
+        opts = self._meta
+        self.instance = construct_instance(self, self.instance, opts.fields, opts.exclude)
+        try:
+            self.instance.full_validate(exclude=self._errors.keys())
+        except ValidationError, e:
+            for k, v in e.message_dict.items():
+                if k != NON_FIELD_ERRORS:
+                    self._errors.setdefault(k, ErrorList()).extend(v)
+
+                    # Remove the data from the cleaned_data dict since it was invalid
+                    if k in self.cleaned_data:
+                        del self.cleaned_data[k]
+
+            if NON_FIELD_ERRORS in e.message_dict:
+                raise ValidationError(e.message_dict[NON_FIELD_ERRORS])
+
+            # If model validation threw errors for fields that aren't on the
+            # form, the the errors cannot be corrected by the user. Displaying
+            # those errors would be pointless, so raise another type of
+            # exception that *won't* be caught and displayed by the form.
+            if set(e.message_dict.keys()) - set(self.fields.keys() + [NON_FIELD_ERRORS]):
+                raise UnresolvableValidationError(e.message_dict)
+
+
         return self.cleaned_data
 
-    def validate_unique(self):
-        unique_checks, date_checks = self._get_unique_checks()
-        form_errors = []
-        bad_fields = set()
-
-        field_errors, global_errors = self._perform_unique_checks(unique_checks)
-        bad_fields.union(field_errors)
-        form_errors.extend(global_errors)
-
-        field_errors, global_errors = self._perform_date_checks(date_checks)
-        bad_fields.union(field_errors)
-        form_errors.extend(global_errors)
-
-        for field_name in bad_fields:
-            del self.cleaned_data[field_name]
-        if form_errors:
-            # Raise the unique together errors since they are considered
-            # form-wide.
-            raise ValidationError(form_errors)
-
-    def _get_unique_checks(self):
-        from django.db.models.fields import FieldDoesNotExist, Field as ModelField
-
-        # Gather a list of checks to perform. We only perform unique checks
-        # for fields present and not None in cleaned_data.  Since this is a
-        # ModelForm, some fields may have been excluded; we can't perform a unique
-        # check on a form that is missing fields involved in that check.  It also does
-        # not make sense to check data that didn't validate, and since NULL does not
-        # equal NULL in SQL we should not do any unique checking for NULL values.
-        unique_checks = []
-        # these are checks for the unique_for_<date/year/month>
-        date_checks = []
-        for check in self.instance._meta.unique_together[:]:
-            fields_on_form = [field for field in check if self.cleaned_data.get(field) is not None]
-            if len(fields_on_form) == len(check):
-                unique_checks.append(check)
-
-        # Gather a list of checks for fields declared as unique and add them to
-        # the list of checks. Again, skip empty fields and any that did not validate.
-        for name in self.fields:
-            try:
-                f = self.instance._meta.get_field_by_name(name)[0]
-            except FieldDoesNotExist:
-                # This is an extra field that's not on the ModelForm, ignore it
-                continue
-            if not isinstance(f, ModelField):
-                # This is an extra field that happens to have a name that matches,
-                # for example, a related object accessor for this model.  So
-                # get_field_by_name found it, but it is not a Field so do not proceed
-                # to use it as if it were.
-                continue
-            if self.cleaned_data.get(name) is None:
-                continue
-            if f.unique:
-                unique_checks.append((name,))
-            if f.unique_for_date and self.cleaned_data.get(f.unique_for_date) is not None:
-                date_checks.append(('date', name, f.unique_for_date))
-            if f.unique_for_year and self.cleaned_data.get(f.unique_for_year) is not None:
-                date_checks.append(('year', name, f.unique_for_year))
-            if f.unique_for_month and self.cleaned_data.get(f.unique_for_month) is not None:
-                date_checks.append(('month', name, f.unique_for_month))
-        return unique_checks, date_checks
-
-
-    def _perform_unique_checks(self, unique_checks):
-        bad_fields = set()
-        form_errors = []
-
-        for unique_check in unique_checks:
-            # Try to look up an existing object with the same values as this
-            # object's values for all the unique field.
-
-            lookup_kwargs = {}
-            for field_name in unique_check:
-                lookup_value = self.cleaned_data[field_name]
-                # ModelChoiceField will return an object instance rather than
-                # a raw primary key value, so convert it to a pk value before
-                # using it in a lookup.
-                if isinstance(self.fields[field_name], ModelChoiceField):
-                    lookup_value =  lookup_value.pk
-                lookup_kwargs[str(field_name)] = lookup_value
-
-            qs = self.instance.__class__._default_manager.filter(**lookup_kwargs)
-
-            # Exclude the current object from the query if we are editing an
-            # instance (as opposed to creating a new one)
-            if self.instance.pk is not None:
-                qs = qs.exclude(pk=self.instance.pk)
-
-            if qs.exists():
-                if len(unique_check) == 1:
-                    self._errors[unique_check[0]] = ErrorList([self.unique_error_message(unique_check)])
-                else:
-                    form_errors.append(self.unique_error_message(unique_check))
-
-                # Mark these fields as needing to be removed from cleaned data
-                # later.
-                for field_name in unique_check:
-                    bad_fields.add(field_name)
-        return bad_fields, form_errors
-
-    def _perform_date_checks(self, date_checks):
-        bad_fields = set()
-        for lookup_type, field, unique_for in date_checks:
-            lookup_kwargs = {}
-            # there's a ticket to add a date lookup, we can remove this special
-            # case if that makes it's way in
-            if lookup_type == 'date':
-                date = self.cleaned_data[unique_for]
-                lookup_kwargs['%s__day' % unique_for] = date.day
-                lookup_kwargs['%s__month' % unique_for] = date.month
-                lookup_kwargs['%s__year' % unique_for] = date.year
-            else:
-                lookup_kwargs['%s__%s' % (unique_for, lookup_type)] = getattr(self.cleaned_data[unique_for], lookup_type)
-            lookup_kwargs[field] = self.cleaned_data[field]
-
-            qs = self.instance.__class__._default_manager.filter(**lookup_kwargs)
-            # Exclude the current object from the query if we are editing an
-            # instance (as opposed to creating a new one)
-            if self.instance.pk is not None:
-                qs = qs.exclude(pk=self.instance.pk)
-
-            if qs.exists():
-                self._errors[field] = ErrorList([
-                    self.date_error_message(lookup_type, field, unique_for)
-                ])
-                bad_fields.add(field)
-        return bad_fields, []
-
-    def date_error_message(self, lookup_type, field, unique_for):
-        return _(u"%(field_name)s must be unique for %(date_field)s %(lookup)s.") % {
-            'field_name': unicode(self.fields[field].label),
-            'date_field': unicode(self.fields[unique_for].label),
-            'lookup': lookup_type,
-        }
-
-    def unique_error_message(self, unique_check):
-        model_name = capfirst(self.instance._meta.verbose_name)
-
-        # A unique field
-        if len(unique_check) == 1:
-            field_name = unique_check[0]
-            field_label = self.fields[field_name].label
-            # Insert the error into the error dict, very sneaky
-            return _(u"%(model_name)s with this %(field_label)s already exists.") %  {
-                'model_name': unicode(model_name),
-                'field_label': unicode(field_label)
-            }
-        # unique_together
-        else:
-            field_labels = [self.fields[field_name].label for field_name in unique_check]
-            field_labels = get_text_list(field_labels, _('and'))
-            return _(u"%(model_name)s with this %(field_label)s already exists.") %  {
-                'model_name': unicode(model_name),
-                'field_label': unicode(field_labels)
-            }
-
     def save(self, commit=True):
         """
         Saves this ``form``'s cleaned_data into model instance
@@ -401,7 +285,7 @@ class BaseModelForm(BaseForm):
         else:
             fail_message = 'changed'
         return save_instance(self, self.instance, self._meta.fields,
-                             fail_message, commit, exclude=self._meta.exclude)
+                             fail_message, commit, construct=False)
 
     save.alters_data = True
 
@@ -530,7 +414,7 @@ class BaseModelFormSet(BaseFormSet):
                 break
         else:
             return
-        unique_checks, date_checks = form._get_unique_checks()
+        unique_checks, date_checks = form.instance._get_unique_checks()
         errors = []
         # Do each of the unique checks (unique and unique_together)
         for unique_check in unique_checks:
@@ -743,6 +627,9 @@ class BaseInlineFormSet(BaseModelFormSet):
 
             # Remove the foreign key from the form's data
             form.data[form.add_prefix(self.fk.name)] = None
+
+        # Set the fk value here so that the form can do it's validation.
+        setattr(form.instance, self.fk.get_attname(), self.instance.pk)
         return form
 
     #@classmethod
diff --git a/django/forms/util.py b/django/forms/util.py
index b9b88a61e6..1a1d823495 100644
--- a/django/forms/util.py
+++ b/django/forms/util.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from django.utils.html import conditional_escape
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, StrAndUnicode, force_unicode
+from django.utils.encoding import StrAndUnicode, force_unicode
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
+# Import ValidationError so that it can be imported from this
+# module to maintain backwards compatibility.
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+
 def flatatt(attrs):
     """
     Convert a dictionary of attributes to a single string.
@@ -48,21 +52,3 @@ class ErrorList(list, StrAndUnicode):
     def __repr__(self):
         return repr([force_unicode(e) for e in self])
 
-class ValidationError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, message):
-        """
-        ValidationError can be passed any object that can be printed (usually
-        a string) or a list of objects.
-        """
-        if isinstance(message, list):
-            self.messages = ErrorList([smart_unicode(msg) for msg in message])
-        else:
-            message = smart_unicode(message)
-            self.messages = ErrorList([message])
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        # This is needed because, without a __str__(), printing an exception
-        # instance would result in this:
-        # AttributeError: ValidationError instance has no attribute 'args'
-        # See http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node10.html#handling
-        return repr(self.messages)
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
index 4bb6a7c444..0d40e5fd5f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ And here is a custom error message::
 In the `built-in Field classes`_ section below, each ``Field`` defines the
 error message keys it uses.
 
+``validators``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. versionadded:: 1.2
+
+.. attribute:: Field.validators
+
+The ``validators`` argument lets you provide a list of validation functions
+for this field.
+
+See the :ref:`validators documentation <validators>` for more information.
+
 Built-in ``Field`` classes
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
index 6f5041f699..b6642d5253 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Form and field validation
 =========================
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.2
+
 Form validation happens when the data is cleaned. If you want to customize
 this process, there are various places you can change, each one serving a
 different purpose. Three types of cleaning methods are run during form
@@ -20,13 +22,38 @@ If you detect multiple errors during a cleaning method and wish to signal all
 of them to the form submitter, it is possible to pass a list of errors to the
 ``ValidationError`` constructor.
 
-The three types of cleaning methods are:
+Most validation can be done using `validators`_ - simple helpers that can be
+reused easily. Validators are simple functions (or callables) that take a single
+argument and raise ``ValidationError`` on invalid input. Validators are run
+after the field's ``to_python`` and ``validate`` methods have been called.
 
-    * The ``clean()`` method on a Field subclass. This is responsible
-      for cleaning the data in a way that is generic for that type of field.
-      For example, a FloatField will turn the data into a Python ``float`` or
-      raise a ``ValidationError``. This method returns the clean data, which
-      is then inserted into the ``cleaned_data`` dictionary of the form.
+Validation of a Form is split into several steps, which can be customized or
+overridden:
+
+    * The ``to_python()`` method on a Field is the first step in every
+      validation. It coerces the value to correct datatype and raises
+      ``ValidationError`` if that is not possible. This method accepts the raw
+      value from the widget and returns the converted value. For example, a
+      FloatField will turn the data into a Python ``float`` or raise a
+      ``ValidationError``.
+
+    * The ``validate()`` method on a Field handles field-specific validation
+      that is not suitable for a validator, It takes a value that has been
+      coerced to correct datatype and raises ``ValidationError`` on any error.
+      This method does not return anything and shouldn't alter the value. You
+      should override it to handle validation logic that you can't or don't
+      want to put in a validator.
+
+    * The ``run_validators()`` method on a Field runs all of the field's
+      validators and aggregates all the errors into a single
+      ``ValidationError``. You shouldn't need to override this method.
+
+    * The ``clean()`` method on a Field subclass. This is responsible for
+      running ``to_python``, ``validate`` and ``run_validators`` in the correct
+      order and propagating their errors. If, at any time, any of the methods
+      raise ``ValidationError``, the validation stops and that error is raised.
+      This method returns the clean data, which is then inserted into the
+      ``cleaned_data`` dictionary of the form.
 
     * The ``clean_<fieldname>()`` method in a form subclass -- where
       ``<fieldname>`` is replaced with the name of the form field attribute.
@@ -141,35 +168,68 @@ Since it can sometimes be easier to put things into place by seeing each
 feature in use, here are a series of small examples that use each of the
 previous features.
 
+.. _validators:
+
+Using validators
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. versionadded:: 1.2
+
+Django's form (and model) fields support use of simple utility functions and
+classes known as validators. These can passed to a field's constructor, via
+the field's ``validators`` argument, or defined on the Field class itself with
+the ``default_validators`` attribute.
+
+Simple validators can be used to validate values inside the field, let's have
+a look at Django's ``EmailField``::
+
+    class EmailField(CharField):
+        default_error_messages = {
+            'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid e-mail address.'),
+        }
+        default_validators = [validators.validate_email]
+
+As you can see, ``EmailField`` is just a ``CharField`` with customized error
+message and a validator that validates e-mail addresses. This can also be done
+on field definition so::
+
+    email = forms.EmailField()
+
+is equivalent to::
+
+    email = forms.CharField(validators=[validators.validate_email],
+            error_messages={'invalid': _(u'Enter a valid e-mail address.')})
+
+
 Form field default cleaning
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Let's firstly create a custom form field that validates its input is a string
-containing comma-separated e-mail addresses, with at least one address. We'll
-keep it simple and assume e-mail validation is contained in a function called
-``is_valid_email()``. The full class looks like this::
+containing comma-separated e-mail addresses. The full class looks like this::
 
     from django import forms
+    from django.core.validators import validate_email
 
     class MultiEmailField(forms.Field):
-        def clean(self, value):
-            """
-            Check that the field contains one or more comma-separated emails
-            and normalizes the data to a list of the email strings.
-            """
+        def to_python(self, value):
+            "Normalize data to a list of strings."
+
+            # Return an empty list if no input was given.
             if not value:
-                raise forms.ValidationError('Enter at least one e-mail address.')
-            emails = value.split(',')
-            for email in emails:
-                if not is_valid_email(email):
-                    raise forms.ValidationError('%s is not a valid e-mail address.' % email)
+                return []
+            return value.split(',')
 
-            # Always return the cleaned data.
-            return emails
+        def validate(self, value):
+            "Check if value consists only of valid emails."
 
-Every form that uses this field will have this ``clean()`` method run before
-anything else can be done with the field's data. This is cleaning that is
-specific to this type of field, regardless of how it is subsequently used.
+            # Use the parent's handling of required fields, etc.
+            super(MultiEmailField, self).validate(value)
+
+            for email in value:
+                validate_email(email)
+
+Every form that uses this field will have these methods run before anything
+else can be done with the field's data. This is cleaning that is specific to
+this type of field, regardless of how it is subsequently used.
 
 Let's create a simple ``ContactForm`` to demonstrate how you'd use this
 field::
@@ -183,7 +243,8 @@ field::
 
 Simply use ``MultiEmailField`` like any other form field. When the
 ``is_valid()`` method is called on the form, the ``MultiEmailField.clean()``
-method will be run as part of the cleaning process.
+method will be run as part of the cleaning process and it will, in turn, call
+the custom ``to_python()`` and ``validate()`` methods.
 
 Cleaning a specific field attribute
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index 3c1106a217..8612b742ef 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ callable it will be called every time a new object is created.
 If ``False``, the field will not be editable in the admin or via forms
 automatically generated from the model class. Default is ``True``.
 
+``error_messages``
+------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.2
+
+.. attribute:: Field.error_messages
+
+The ``error_messages`` argument lets you override the default messages that the
+field will raise. Pass in a dictionary with keys matching the error messages you
+want to override.
+
 ``help_text``
 -------------
 
@@ -284,6 +295,17 @@ underscores to spaces. See :ref:`Verbose field names <verbose-field-names>`.
 
 .. _model-field-types:
 
+``validators``
+-------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.2
+
+.. attribute:: Field.validators
+
+A list of validators to run for this field.See the :ref:`validators
+documentation <validators>` for more information.
+
+
 Field types
 ===========
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
index 7a0606dafe..43f18338a1 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/instances.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@ The keyword arguments are simply the names of the fields you've defined on your
 model. Note that instantiating a model in no way touches your database; for
 that, you need to ``save()``.
 
+Validating objects
+==================
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.2
+
+To validate your model, just call its ``full_validate()`` method:
+
+.. method:: Model.full_validate([exclude=[]])
+
+The optional ``exclude`` argument can contain a list of field names that should
+be omitted when validating. This method raises ``ValidationError`` containing a
+message dict with errors from all fields.
+
+To add your own validation logic, override the supplied ``validate()`` method:
+
+.. method:: Model.validate()
+
+The ``validate()`` method on ``Model`` by default checks for uniqueness of
+fields and group of fields that are declared to be unique so, remember to call
+``self.validate_unique()`` or the superclasses ``validate`` method if you want
+this validation to run.
+
+Any ``ValidationError`` raised in this method will be propagated in the
+``message_dict`` under ``NON_FIELD_ERRORS``.
+
 Saving objects
 ==============
 
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
index c94e6d3e95..ba59f9ae36 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ImprovedArticleWithParentLink(models.Model):
     article = models.OneToOneField(Article, parent_link=True)
 
 class BetterWriter(Writer):
-    pass
+    score = models.IntegerField()
 
 class WriterProfile(models.Model):
     writer = models.OneToOneField(Writer, primary_key=True)
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ inserted as 'initial' data in each Field.
 <option value="3">Third test</option>
 </select>  Hold down "Control", or "Command" on a Mac, to select more than one.</li>
 >>> f = TestArticleForm({'headline': u'Test headline', 'slug': 'test-headline', 'pub_date': u'1984-02-06', 'writer': u'1', 'article': 'Hello.'}, instance=art)
+>>> f.errors
+{}
 >>> f.is_valid()
 True
 >>> test_art = f.save()
@@ -967,10 +969,20 @@ ValidationError: [u'Select a valid choice. 4 is not one of the available choices
 >>> ImprovedArticleWithParentLinkForm.base_fields.keys()
 []
 
->>> bw = BetterWriter(name=u'Joe Better')
+>>> bw = BetterWriter(name=u'Joe Better', score=10)
 >>> bw.save()
 >>> sorted(model_to_dict(bw).keys())
-['id', 'name', 'writer_ptr']
+['id', 'name', 'score', 'writer_ptr']
+
+>>> class BetterWriterForm(ModelForm):
+...     class Meta:
+...         model = BetterWriter
+>>> form = BetterWriterForm({'name': 'Some Name', 'score': 12})
+>>> form.is_valid()
+True
+>>> bw2 = form.save()
+>>> bw2.delete()
+
 
 >>> class WriterProfileForm(ModelForm):
 ...     class Meta:
@@ -1102,16 +1114,6 @@ True
 
 >>> instance.delete()
 
-# Test the non-required FileField
-
->>> f = TextFileForm(data={'description': u'Assistance'})
->>> f.fields['file'].required = False
->>> f.is_valid()
-True
->>> instance = f.save()
->>> instance.file
-<FieldFile: None>
-
 >>> f = TextFileForm(data={'description': u'Assistance'}, files={'file': SimpleUploadedFile('test3.txt', 'hello world')}, instance=instance)
 >>> f.is_valid()
 True
@@ -1358,27 +1360,35 @@ __test__['API_TESTS'] += """
 ...    class Meta:
 ...        model = CommaSeparatedInteger
 
->>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm().fields['field']
->>> f.clean('1,2,3')
-u'1,2,3'
->>> f.clean('1a,2')
-Traceback (most recent call last):
-...
-ValidationError: [u'Enter only digits separated by commas.']
->>> f.clean(',,,,')
-u',,,,'
->>> f.clean('1.2')
-Traceback (most recent call last):
-...
-ValidationError: [u'Enter only digits separated by commas.']
->>> f.clean('1,a,2')
-Traceback (most recent call last):
-...
-ValidationError: [u'Enter only digits separated by commas.']
->>> f.clean('1,,2')
-u'1,,2'
->>> f.clean('1')
-u'1'
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': '1,2,3'})
+>>> f.is_valid()
+True
+>>> f.cleaned_data
+{'field': u'1,2,3'}
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': '1a,2'})
+>>> f.errors
+{'field': [u'Enter only digits separated by commas.']}
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': ',,,,'})
+>>> f.is_valid()
+True
+>>> f.cleaned_data
+{'field': u',,,,'}
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': '1.2'})
+>>> f.errors
+{'field': [u'Enter only digits separated by commas.']}
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': '1,a,2'})
+>>> f.errors
+{'field': [u'Enter only digits separated by commas.']}
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': '1,,2'})
+>>> f.is_valid()
+True
+>>> f.cleaned_data
+{'field': u'1,,2'}
+>>> f = CommaSeparatedIntegerForm({'field': '1'})
+>>> f.is_valid()
+True
+>>> f.cleaned_data
+{'field': u'1'}
 
 # unique/unique_together validation
 
@@ -1415,13 +1425,16 @@ False
 >>> form._errors
 {'__all__': [u'Price with this Price and Quantity already exists.']}
 
+# This form is never valid because quantity is blank=False.
 >>> class PriceForm(ModelForm):
 ...     class Meta:
 ...         model = Price
 ...         exclude = ('quantity',)
 >>> form = PriceForm({'price': '6.00'})
 >>> form.is_valid()
-True
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  ...
+UnresolvableValidationError: {'quantity': [u'This field cannot be null.']}
 
 # Unique & unique together with null values
 >>> class BookForm(ModelForm):
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/model_formsets/models.py b/tests/modeltests/model_formsets/models.py
index 1644ddf37b..5eab202962 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/model_formsets/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/model_formsets/models.py
@@ -543,10 +543,6 @@ This is used in the admin for save_as functionality.
 ...     'book_set-2-title': '',
 ... }
 
->>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(data, instance=Author(), save_as_new=True)
->>> formset.is_valid()
-True
-
 >>> new_author = Author.objects.create(name='Charles Baudelaire')
 >>> formset = AuthorBooksFormSet(data, instance=new_author, save_as_new=True)
 >>> [book for book in formset.save() if book.author.pk == new_author.pk]
@@ -1035,19 +1031,6 @@ False
 >>> formset._non_form_errors
 [u'Please correct the duplicate data for price and quantity, which must be unique.']
 
-# only the price field is specified, this should skip any unique checks since the unique_together is not fulfilled.
-# this will fail with a KeyError if broken.
->>> FormSet = modelformset_factory(Price, fields=("price",), extra=2)
->>> data = {
-...     'form-TOTAL_FORMS': '2',
-...     'form-INITIAL_FORMS': '0',
-...     'form-0-price': '24',
-...     'form-1-price': '24',
-... }
->>> formset = FormSet(data)
->>> formset.is_valid()
-True
-
 >>> FormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book, extra=0)
 >>> author = Author.objects.order_by('id')[0]
 >>> book_ids = author.book_set.values_list('id', flat=True)
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/__init__.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0a7d19d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import unittest
+
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+class ValidationTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def assertFailsValidation(self, clean, failed_fields):
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, clean)
+        try:
+            clean()
+        except ValidationError, e:
+            self.assertEquals(sorted(failed_fields), sorted(e.message_dict.keys()))
+    
+    def assertFieldFailsValidationWithMessage(self, clean, field_name, message):
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, clean)
+        try:
+            clean()
+        except ValidationError, e:
+            self.assertTrue(field_name in e.message_dict)
+            self.assertEquals(message, e.message_dict[field_name])
+
+
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1b0c5188c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db import models
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+def validate_answer_to_universe(value):
+    if value != 42:
+        raise ValidationError('This is not the answer to life, universe and everything!', code='not42')
+
+class ModelToValidate(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    created = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
+    number = models.IntegerField()
+    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True)
+    email = models.EmailField(blank=True)
+    url = models.URLField(blank=True)
+    f_with_custom_validator = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True, validators=[validate_answer_to_universe])
+
+    def validate(self):
+        super(ModelToValidate, self).validate()
+        if self.number == 11:
+            raise ValidationError('Invalid number supplied!')
+
+class UniqueFieldsModel(models.Model):
+    unique_charfield = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
+    unique_integerfield = models.IntegerField(unique=True)
+    non_unique_field = models.IntegerField()
+
+class CustomPKModel(models.Model):
+    my_pk_field = models.CharField(max_length=100, primary_key=True)
+
+class UniqueTogetherModel(models.Model):
+    cfield = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    ifield = models.IntegerField()
+    efield = models.EmailField()
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = (('ifield', 'cfield',),('ifield', 'efield'), )
+
+class UniqueForDateModel(models.Model):
+    start_date = models.DateField()
+    end_date = models.DateTimeField()
+    count = models.IntegerField(unique_for_date="start_date", unique_for_year="end_date")
+    order = models.IntegerField(unique_for_month="end_date")
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+class CustomMessagesModel(models.Model):
+    other  = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
+    number = models.IntegerField(
+        error_messages={'null': 'NULL', 'not42': 'AAARGH', 'not_equal': '%s != me'},
+        validators=[validate_answer_to_universe]
+    )
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/test_custom_messages.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/test_custom_messages.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a958a0a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/test_custom_messages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from modeltests.validation import ValidationTestCase
+from models import CustomMessagesModel
+
+
+class CustomMessagesTest(ValidationTestCase):
+    def test_custom_simple_validator_message(self):
+        cmm = CustomMessagesModel(number=12)
+        self.assertFieldFailsValidationWithMessage(cmm.full_validate, 'number', ['AAARGH'])
+
+    def test_custom_null_message(self):
+        cmm = CustomMessagesModel()
+        self.assertFieldFailsValidationWithMessage(cmm.full_validate, 'number', ['NULL'])
+
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/test_unique.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/test_unique.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbb56aa8f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/test_unique.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import unittest
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import connection
+from models import CustomPKModel, UniqueTogetherModel, UniqueFieldsModel, UniqueForDateModel, ModelToValidate
+
+
+class GetUniqueCheckTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_unique_fields_get_collected(self):
+        m = UniqueFieldsModel()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ([('id',), ('unique_charfield',), ('unique_integerfield',)], []),
+            m._get_unique_checks()
+        )
+
+    def test_unique_together_gets_picked_up(self):
+        m = UniqueTogetherModel()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ([('ifield', 'cfield',),('ifield', 'efield'), ('id',), ], []),
+            m._get_unique_checks()
+        )
+
+    def test_primary_key_is_considered_unique(self):
+        m = CustomPKModel()
+        self.assertEqual(([('my_pk_field',)], []), m._get_unique_checks())
+
+    def test_unique_for_date_gets_picked_up(self):
+        m = UniqueForDateModel()
+        self.assertEqual((
+                [('id',)],
+                [('date', 'count', 'start_date'), ('year', 'count', 'end_date'), ('month', 'order', 'end_date')]
+            ), m._get_unique_checks()
+        )
+
+class PerformUniqueChecksTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Set debug to True to gain access to connection.queries.
+        self._old_debug, settings.DEBUG = settings.DEBUG, True
+        super(PerformUniqueChecksTest, self).setUp()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Restore old debug value.
+        settings.DEBUG = self._old_debug
+        super(PerformUniqueChecksTest, self).tearDown()
+
+    def test_primary_key_unique_check_performed_when_adding(self):
+        """Regression test for #12132"""
+        l = len(connection.queries)
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name')
+        setattr(mtv, '_adding', True)
+        mtv.full_validate()
+        self.assertEqual(l+1, len(connection.queries))
+
+    def test_primary_key_unique_check_not_performed_when_not_adding(self):
+        """Regression test for #12132"""
+        l = len(connection.queries)
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name')
+        mtv.full_validate()
+        self.assertEqual(l, len(connection.queries))
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c00070b2ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError, NON_FIELD_ERRORS
+from django.db import models
+
+from modeltests.validation import ValidationTestCase
+from models import *
+
+from validators import TestModelsWithValidators
+from test_unique import GetUniqueCheckTests, PerformUniqueChecksTest
+from test_custom_messages import CustomMessagesTest
+
+
+class BaseModelValidationTests(ValidationTestCase):
+
+    def test_missing_required_field_raises_error(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(f_with_custom_validator=42)
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_validate, ['name', 'number'])
+
+    def test_with_correct_value_model_validates(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name')
+        self.assertEqual(None, mtv.full_validate())
+
+    def test_custom_validate_method_is_called(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=11)
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_validate, [NON_FIELD_ERRORS, 'name'])
+
+    def test_wrong_FK_value_raises_error(self):
+        mtv=ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', parent_id=3)
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_validate, ['parent'])
+
+    def test_correct_FK_value_validates(self):
+        parent = ModelToValidate.objects.create(number=10, name='Some Name')
+        mtv=ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', parent_id=parent.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(None, mtv.full_validate())
+
+    def test_wrong_email_value_raises_error(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', email='not-an-email')
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_validate, ['email'])
+
+    def test_correct_email_value_passes(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', email='valid@email.com')
+        self.assertEqual(None, mtv.full_validate())
+
+    def test_wrong_url_value_raises_error(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', url='not a url')
+        self.assertFieldFailsValidationWithMessage(mtv.full_validate, 'url', [u'Enter a valid value.'])
+
+    def test_correct_url_but_nonexisting_gives_404(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', url='http://google.com/we-love-microsoft.html')
+        self.assertFieldFailsValidationWithMessage(mtv.full_validate, 'url', [u'This URL appears to be a broken link.'])
+
+    def test_correct_url_value_passes(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', url='http://www.djangoproject.com/')
+        self.assertEqual(None, mtv.full_validate()) # This will fail if there's no Internet connection
+
+    def test_text_greater_that_charfields_max_length_eaises_erros(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name'*100)
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_validate, ['name',])
+
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validation/validators.py b/tests/modeltests/validation/validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc4cd4eba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validation/validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+from modeltests.validation import ValidationTestCase
+from models import *
+
+
+class TestModelsWithValidators(ValidationTestCase):
+    def test_custom_validator_passes_for_correct_value(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', f_with_custom_validator=42)
+        self.assertEqual(None, mtv.full_validate())
+
+    def test_custom_validator_raises_error_for_incorrect_value(self):
+        mtv = ModelToValidate(number=10, name='Some Name', f_with_custom_validator=12)
+        self.assertFailsValidation(mtv.full_validate, ['f_with_custom_validator'])
+        self.assertFieldFailsValidationWithMessage(
+            mtv.full_validate,
+            'f_with_custom_validator',
+            [u'This is not the answer to life, universe and everything!']
+        )
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/validators/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/validators/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f36d8c4713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/validators/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import re
+import types
+from unittest import TestCase
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.core.validators import *
+
+NOW = datetime.now()
+
+TEST_DATA = (
+    # (validator, value, expected),
+    (validate_integer, '42', None),
+    (validate_integer, '-42', None),
+    (validate_integer, -42, None),
+    (validate_integer, -42.5, None),
+
+    (validate_integer, None, ValidationError),
+    (validate_integer, 'a', ValidationError),
+
+    (validate_email, 'email@here.com', None),
+    (validate_email, 'weirder-email@here.and.there.com', None),
+
+    (validate_email, None, ValidationError),
+    (validate_email, '', ValidationError),
+    (validate_email, 'abc', ValidationError),
+    (validate_email, 'a @x.cz', ValidationError),
+    (validate_email, 'something@@somewhere.com', ValidationError),
+
+    (validate_slug, 'slug-ok', None),
+    (validate_slug, 'longer-slug-still-ok', None),
+    (validate_slug, '--------', None),
+    (validate_slug, 'nohyphensoranything', None),
+
+    (validate_slug, '', ValidationError),
+    (validate_slug, ' text ', ValidationError),
+    (validate_slug, ' ', ValidationError),
+    (validate_slug, 'some@mail.com', ValidationError),
+    (validate_slug, '你好', ValidationError),
+    (validate_slug, '\n', ValidationError),
+
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '1.1.1.1', None),
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '255.0.0.0', None),
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '0.0.0.0', None),
+
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '256.1.1.1', ValidationError),
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '25.1.1.', ValidationError),
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '25,1,1,1', ValidationError),
+    (validate_ipv4_address, '25.1 .1.1', ValidationError),
+
+    (validate_comma_separated_integer_list, '1', None),
+    (validate_comma_separated_integer_list, '1,2,3', None),
+    (validate_comma_separated_integer_list, '1,2,3,', None),
+
+    (validate_comma_separated_integer_list, '', ValidationError),
+    (validate_comma_separated_integer_list, 'a,b,c', ValidationError),
+    (validate_comma_separated_integer_list, '1, 2, 3', ValidationError),
+
+    (MaxValueValidator(10), 10, None),
+    (MaxValueValidator(10), -10, None),
+    (MaxValueValidator(10), 0, None),
+    (MaxValueValidator(NOW), NOW, None),
+    (MaxValueValidator(NOW), NOW - timedelta(days=1), None),
+
+    (MaxValueValidator(0), 1, ValidationError),
+    (MaxValueValidator(NOW), NOW + timedelta(days=1), ValidationError),
+
+    (MinValueValidator(-10), -10, None),
+    (MinValueValidator(-10), 10, None),
+    (MinValueValidator(-10), 0, None),
+    (MinValueValidator(NOW), NOW, None),
+    (MinValueValidator(NOW), NOW + timedelta(days=1), None),
+
+    (MinValueValidator(0), -1, ValidationError),
+    (MinValueValidator(NOW), NOW - timedelta(days=1), ValidationError),
+
+    (MaxLengthValidator(10), '', None),
+    (MaxLengthValidator(10), 10*'x', None),
+
+    (MaxLengthValidator(10), 15*'x', ValidationError),
+
+    (MinLengthValidator(10), 15*'x', None),
+    (MinLengthValidator(10), 10*'x', None),
+
+    (MinLengthValidator(10), '', ValidationError),
+
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://www.djangoproject.com/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://localhost/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://example.com/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://www.example.com/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://www.example.com:8000/test', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://valid-with-hyphens.com/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://subdomain.domain.com/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://200.8.9.10/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://200.8.9.10:8000/test', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://valid-----hyphens.com/', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://example.com?something=value', None),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://example.com/index.php?something=value&another=value2', None),
+
+    (URLValidator(), 'foo', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://example', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://example.', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://.com', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://invalid-.com', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://-invalid.com', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://inv-.alid-.com', ValidationError),
+    (URLValidator(), 'http://inv-.-alid.com', ValidationError),
+
+    (BaseValidator(True), True, None),
+    (BaseValidator(True), False, ValidationError),
+
+    (RegexValidator('.*'), '', None),
+    (RegexValidator(re.compile('.*')), '', None),
+    (RegexValidator('.*'), 'xxxxx', None),
+
+    (RegexValidator('x'), 'y', ValidationError),
+    (RegexValidator(re.compile('x')), 'y', ValidationError),
+)
+
+def create_simple_test_method(validator, expected, value, num):
+    if isinstance(expected, type) and issubclass(expected, Exception):
+        test_mask = 'test_%s_raises_error_%d'
+        def test_func(self):
+            self.assertRaises(expected, validator, value)
+    else:
+        test_mask = 'test_%s_%d'
+        def test_func(self):
+            self.assertEqual(expected, validator(value))
+    if isinstance(validator, types.FunctionType):
+        val_name = validator.__name__
+    else:
+        val_name = validator.__class__.__name__
+    test_name = test_mask % (val_name, num)
+    return test_name, test_func
+
+# Dynamically assemble a test class with the contents of TEST_DATA
+
+class TestSimpleValidators(TestCase):
+    pass
+
+test_counter = 0
+for validator, value, expected in TEST_DATA:
+    name, method = create_simple_test_method(validator, expected, value, test_counter)
+    setattr(TestSimpleValidators, name, method)
+    test_counter += 1
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/error_messages.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/error_messages.py
index b7224dbde0..038fa39f6b 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/error_messages.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/error_messages.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ tests = r"""
 # CharField ###################################################################
 
 >>> e = {'required': 'REQUIRED'}
->>> e['min_length'] = 'LENGTH %(length)s, MIN LENGTH %(min)s'
->>> e['max_length'] = 'LENGTH %(length)s, MAX LENGTH %(max)s'
+>>> e['min_length'] = 'LENGTH %(show_value)s, MIN LENGTH %(limit_value)s'
+>>> e['max_length'] = 'LENGTH %(show_value)s, MAX LENGTH %(limit_value)s'
 >>> f = CharField(min_length=5, max_length=10, error_messages=e)
 >>> f.clean('')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ ValidationError: [u'LENGTH 11, MAX LENGTH 10']
 
 >>> e = {'required': 'REQUIRED'}
 >>> e['invalid'] = 'INVALID'
->>> e['min_value'] = 'MIN VALUE IS %s'
->>> e['max_value'] = 'MAX VALUE IS %s'
+>>> e['min_value'] = 'MIN VALUE IS %(limit_value)s'
+>>> e['max_value'] = 'MAX VALUE IS %(limit_value)s'
 >>> f = IntegerField(min_value=5, max_value=10, error_messages=e)
 >>> f.clean('')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ ValidationError: [u'MAX VALUE IS 10']
 
 >>> e = {'required': 'REQUIRED'}
 >>> e['invalid'] = 'INVALID'
->>> e['min_value'] = 'MIN VALUE IS %s'
->>> e['max_value'] = 'MAX VALUE IS %s'
+>>> e['min_value'] = 'MIN VALUE IS %(limit_value)s'
+>>> e['max_value'] = 'MAX VALUE IS %(limit_value)s'
 >>> f = FloatField(min_value=5, max_value=10, error_messages=e)
 >>> f.clean('')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ ValidationError: [u'MAX VALUE IS 10']
 
 >>> e = {'required': 'REQUIRED'}
 >>> e['invalid'] = 'INVALID'
->>> e['min_value'] = 'MIN VALUE IS %s'
->>> e['max_value'] = 'MAX VALUE IS %s'
+>>> e['min_value'] = 'MIN VALUE IS %(limit_value)s'
+>>> e['max_value'] = 'MAX VALUE IS %(limit_value)s'
 >>> e['max_digits'] = 'MAX DIGITS IS %s'
 >>> e['max_decimal_places'] = 'MAX DP IS %s'
 >>> e['max_whole_digits'] = 'MAX DIGITS BEFORE DP IS %s'
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ ValidationError: [u'INVALID']
 
 >>> e = {'required': 'REQUIRED'}
 >>> e['invalid'] = 'INVALID'
->>> e['min_length'] = 'LENGTH %(length)s, MIN LENGTH %(min)s'
->>> e['max_length'] = 'LENGTH %(length)s, MAX LENGTH %(max)s'
+>>> e['min_length'] = 'LENGTH %(show_value)s, MIN LENGTH %(limit_value)s'
+>>> e['max_length'] = 'LENGTH %(show_value)s, MAX LENGTH %(limit_value)s'
 >>> f = RegexField(r'^\d+$', min_length=5, max_length=10, error_messages=e)
 >>> f.clean('')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ ValidationError: [u'LENGTH 11, MAX LENGTH 10']
 
 >>> e = {'required': 'REQUIRED'}
 >>> e['invalid'] = 'INVALID'
->>> e['min_length'] = 'LENGTH %(length)s, MIN LENGTH %(min)s'
->>> e['max_length'] = 'LENGTH %(length)s, MAX LENGTH %(max)s'
+>>> e['min_length'] = 'LENGTH %(show_value)s, MIN LENGTH %(limit_value)s'
+>>> e['max_length'] = 'LENGTH %(show_value)s, MAX LENGTH %(limit_value)s'
 >>> f = EmailField(min_length=8, max_length=10, error_messages=e)
 >>> f.clean('')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
index c9736d38e1..87330904df 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class FieldsTests(TestCase):
     def test_regexfield_31(self):
         f = RegexField('^\d+$', min_length=5, max_length=10)
         self.assertRaisesErrorWithMessage(ValidationError, "[u'Ensure this value has at least 5 characters (it has 3).']", f.clean, '123')
-        self.assertRaisesErrorWithMessage(ValidationError, "[u'Ensure this value has at least 5 characters (it has 3).']", f.clean, 'abc')
+        self.assertRaisesErrorWithMessage(ValidationError, "[u'Ensure this value has at least 5 characters (it has 3).', u'Enter a valid value.']", f.clean, 'abc')
         self.assertEqual(u'12345', f.clean('12345'))
         self.assertEqual(u'1234567890', f.clean('1234567890'))
         self.assertRaisesErrorWithMessage(ValidationError, "[u'Ensure this value has at most 10 characters (it has 11).']", f.clean, '12345678901')
@@ -548,6 +548,10 @@ class FieldsTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(u'http://example.com/', f.clean('http://example.com'))
         self.assertEqual(u'http://example.com/test', f.clean('http://example.com/test'))
 
+    def test_urlfield_ticket11826(self):
+        f = URLField()
+        self.assertEqual(u'http://example.com/?some_param=some_value', f.clean('http://example.com?some_param=some_value'))
+
     # BooleanField ################################################################
 
     def test_booleanfield_44(self):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ar.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ar.py
index e1c827c4a0..c7967c84da 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ar.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/ar.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ u'C1064AAB'
 >>> f.clean('C1064AABB')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).', u'Enter a postal code in the format NNNN or ANNNNAAA.']
 >>> f.clean('C1064AA')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ValidationError: [u'Enter a postal code in the format NNNN or ANNNNAAA.']
 >>> f.clean('500')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 4 characters (it has 3).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 4 characters (it has 3).', u'Enter a postal code in the format NNNN or ANNNNAAA.']
 >>> f.clean('5PPP')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ u'C1064AAB'
 >>> f.clean('C1064AABB')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).', u'Enter a postal code in the format NNNN or ANNNNAAA.']
 >>> f.clean('C1064AA')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ValidationError: [u'Enter a postal code in the format NNNN or ANNNNAAA.']
 >>> f.clean('500')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 4 characters (it has 3).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 4 characters (it has 3).', u'Enter a postal code in the format NNNN or ANNNNAAA.']
 >>> f.clean('5PPP')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/is_.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/is_.py
index 6851441a79..e71c2dd8de 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/is_.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/localflavor/is_.py
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ u'230880-3449'
 >>> f.clean('230880343')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 10 characters (it has 9).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 10 characters (it has 9).', u'Enter a valid Icelandic identification number. The format is XXXXXX-XXXX.']
 >>> f.clean('230880343234')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 11 characters (it has 12).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 11 characters (it has 12).', u'Enter a valid Icelandic identification number. The format is XXXXXX-XXXX.']
 >>> f.clean('abcdefghijk')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ ValidationError: [u'Enter a valid value.']
 >>> f.clean('123456')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 7 characters (it has 6).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at least 7 characters (it has 6).', u'Enter a valid value.']
 >>> f.clean('123456555')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).', u'Enter a valid value.']
 >>> f.clean('abcdefg')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ValidationError: [u'Enter a valid value.']
 >>> f.clean(' 1234567 ')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
-ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).']
+ValidationError: [u'Ensure this value has at most 8 characters (it has 9).', u'Enter a valid value.']
 >>> f.clean(' 12367  ')
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index 89140f04b1..db70500909 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from formsets import tests as formset_tests
 from media import media_tests
 
 from fields import FieldsTests
+from validators import TestFieldWithValidators
 
 __test__ = {
     'extra_tests': extra_tests,
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/util.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/util.py
index 845ddeaadb..f365c8c1ae 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/util.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/util.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Tests for forms/util.py module.
 
 tests = r"""
 >>> from django.forms.util import *
+>>> from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 >>> from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
 
 ###########
@@ -24,36 +25,36 @@ u''
 ###################
 
 # Can take a string.
->>> print ValidationError("There was an error.").messages
+>>> print ErrorList(ValidationError("There was an error.").messages)
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>There was an error.</li></ul>
 
 # Can take a unicode string.
->>> print ValidationError(u"Not \u03C0.").messages
+>>> print ErrorList(ValidationError(u"Not \u03C0.").messages)
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>Not π.</li></ul>
 
 # Can take a lazy string.
->>> print ValidationError(ugettext_lazy("Error.")).messages
+>>> print ErrorList(ValidationError(ugettext_lazy("Error.")).messages)
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>Error.</li></ul>
 
 # Can take a list.
->>> print ValidationError(["Error one.", "Error two."]).messages
+>>> print ErrorList(ValidationError(["Error one.", "Error two."]).messages)
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>Error one.</li><li>Error two.</li></ul>
 
 # Can take a mixture in a list.
->>> print ValidationError(["First error.", u"Not \u03C0.", ugettext_lazy("Error.")]).messages
+>>> print ErrorList(ValidationError(["First error.", u"Not \u03C0.", ugettext_lazy("Error.")]).messages)
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>First error.</li><li>Not π.</li><li>Error.</li></ul>
 
 >>> class VeryBadError:
 ...     def __unicode__(self): return u"A very bad error."
 
 # Can take a non-string.
->>> print ValidationError(VeryBadError()).messages
+>>> print ErrorList(ValidationError(VeryBadError()).messages)
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>A very bad error.</li></ul>
 
 # Escapes non-safe input but not input marked safe.
 >>> example = 'Example of link: <a href="http://www.example.com/">example</a>'
->>> print ValidationError(example).messages
+>>> print ErrorList([example])
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>Example of link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.example.com/&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;</li></ul>
->>> print ValidationError(mark_safe(example)).messages
+>>> print ErrorList([mark_safe(example)])
 <ul class="errorlist"><li>Example of link: <a href="http://www.example.com/">example</a></li></ul>
 """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/validators.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed8e8fbd9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from django import forms
+from django.core import validators
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+
+class TestFieldWithValidators(TestCase):
+    def test_all_errors_get_reported(self):
+        field = forms.CharField(
+            validators=[validators.validate_integer, validators.validate_email]
+        )
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, field.clean, 'not int nor mail')
+        try:
+            field.clean('not int nor mail')
+        except ValidationError, e:
+            self.assertEqual(2, len(e.messages))
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/inline_formsets/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/inline_formsets/tests.py
index aef6b3f10a..be313f3bf6 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/inline_formsets/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/inline_formsets/tests.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class DeletionTests(TestCase):
         regression for #10750
         """
         # exclude some required field from the forms
-        ChildFormSet = inlineformset_factory(School, Child, exclude=['father', 'mother'])
+        ChildFormSet = inlineformset_factory(School, Child)
         school = School.objects.create(name=u'test')
         mother = Parent.objects.create(name=u'mother')
         father = Parent.objects.create(name=u'father')
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ class DeletionTests(TestCase):
             'child_set-TOTAL_FORMS': u'1',
             'child_set-INITIAL_FORMS': u'0',
             'child_set-0-name': u'child',
+            'child_set-0-mother': unicode(mother.pk),
+            'child_set-0-father': unicode(father.pk),
         }
         formset = ChildFormSet(data, instance=school)
         self.assertEqual(formset.is_valid(), True)
         objects = formset.save(commit=False)
-        for obj in objects:
-            obj.mother = mother
-            obj.father = father
-            obj.save()
+        self.assertEqual(school.child_set.count(), 0)
+        objects[0].save()
         self.assertEqual(school.child_set.count(), 1)
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py
index f31193e269..ea7b49ab7e 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/model_fields/tests.py
@@ -147,6 +147,58 @@ class SlugFieldTests(django.test.TestCase):
         bs = BigS.objects.get(pk=bs.pk)
         self.assertEqual(bs.s, 'slug'*50)
 
+
+class ValidationTest(django.test.TestCase):
+    def test_charfield_raises_error_on_empty_string(self):
+        f = models.CharField()
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, "", None)
+
+    def test_charfield_cleans_empty_string_when_blank_true(self):
+        f = models.CharField(blank=True)
+        self.assertEqual('', f.clean('', None))
+
+    def test_integerfield_cleans_valid_string(self):
+        f = models.IntegerField()
+        self.assertEqual(2, f.clean('2', None))
+
+    def test_integerfield_raises_error_on_invalid_intput(self):
+        f = models.IntegerField()
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, "a", None)
+
+    def test_charfield_with_choices_cleans_valid_choice(self):
+        f = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=[('a','A'), ('b','B')])
+        self.assertEqual('a', f.clean('a', None))
+
+    def test_charfield_with_choices_raises_error_on_invalid_choice(self):
+        f = models.CharField(choices=[('a','A'), ('b','B')])
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, "not a", None)
+
+    def test_nullable_integerfield_raises_error_with_blank_false(self):
+        f = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=False)
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, None, None)
+
+    def test_nullable_integerfield_cleans_none_on_null_and_blank_true(self):
+        f = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
+        self.assertEqual(None, f.clean(None, None))
+
+    def test_integerfield_raises_error_on_empty_input(self):
+        f = models.IntegerField(null=False)
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, None, None)
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, '', None)
+
+    def test_charfield_raises_error_on_empty_input(self):
+        f = models.CharField(null=False)
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, None, None)
+
+    def test_datefield_cleans_date(self):
+        f = models.DateField()
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.date(2008, 10, 10), f.clean('2008-10-10', None))
+
+    def test_boolean_field_doesnt_accept_empty_input(self):
+        f = models.BooleanField()
+        self.assertRaises(ValidationError, f.clean, None, None)
+
+
 class BigIntegerFieldTests(django.test.TestCase):
     def test_limits(self):
         # Ensure that values that are right at the limits can be saved
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/views/views.py b/tests/regressiontests/views/views.py
index 3447cbfdfd..20ee56f985 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/views/views.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/views/views.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def custom_create(request):
             model = Article
 
         def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            self.cleaned_data['slug'] = 'some-other-slug'
+            self.instance.slug = 'some-other-slug'
             return super(SlugChangingArticleForm, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
 
     return create_object(request,