# File lib/action_view/helpers/active_record_helper.rb, line 109
      def error_message_on(object, method, *args)
        options = args.extract_options!
        unless args.empty?
          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn('error_message_on takes an option hash instead of separate ' +
            'prepend_text, append_text, and css_class arguments', caller)

          options[:prepend_text] = args[0] || ''
          options[:append_text] = args[1] || ''
          options[:css_class] = args[2] || 'formError'
        end
        options.reverse_merge!(:prepend_text => '', :append_text => '', :css_class => 'formError')

        if (obj = (object.respond_to?(:errors) ? object : instance_variable_get("@#{object}"))) &&
          (errors = obj.errors.on(method))
          content_tag("div",
            "#{options[:prepend_text]}#{errors.is_a?(Array) ? errors.first : errors}#{options[:append_text]}",
            :class => options[:css_class]
          )
        else
          ''
        end
      end