Index: src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
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--- src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp	(revision 9462)
+++ src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -720,15 +720,11 @@
 
 bool QgsOgrProvider::createSpatialIndex()
 {
-  QString fileName = dataSourceUri().section( '/', -1, -1 );//find out the file name from the uri
-  QString layerName = fileName.section( '.', 0, 0 );
-  QString sql = "CREATE SPATIAL INDEX ON " + layerName;
-  OGR_DS_ExecuteSQL( ogrDataSource, sql.toAscii(), OGR_L_GetSpatialFilter( ogrLayer ), "" );
+  QFileInfo fi( dataSourceUri() );	// to get the base name
+  QString sql = QString( "CREATE SPATIAL INDEX ON %1" ).arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.completeBaseName() ) );	// quote the layer name so spaces are handled
+  OGR_DS_ExecuteSQL( ogrDataSource, mEncoding->fromUnicode( sql ).data(), OGR_L_GetSpatialFilter( ogrLayer ), "" );
   //find out, if the .qix file is there
-  QString indexname = dataSourceUri();
-  indexname.truncate( dataSourceUri().length() - fileName.length() );
-  indexname = indexname + layerName + ".qix";
-  QFile indexfile( indexname );
+  QFile indexfile( fi.path().append( "/").append( fi.completeBaseName() ).append( ".qix" ) );
   if ( indexfile.exists() )
   {
     return true;
@@ -751,10 +747,9 @@
   }
 
   OGR_L_SyncToDisk( ogrLayer );
-  QString fileName = dataSourceUri().section( '/', -1, -1 );//find out the file name from the uri
-  QString layerName = fileName.section( '.', 0, 0 );
-  QString sql = "REPACK " + layerName;
-  OGR_DS_ExecuteSQL( ogrDataSource, sql.toLocal8Bit().data(), NULL, NULL );
+  QFileInfo fi( dataSourceUri() );	// to get the base name
+  QString sql = QString( "REPACK %1" ).arg( fi.completeBaseName() );	// don't quote the layer name as it works with spaces in the name and won't work if the name is quoted 
+  OGR_DS_ExecuteSQL( ogrDataSource, mEncoding->fromUnicode( sql ).data(), NULL, NULL );
   numberFeatures = OGR_L_GetFeatureCount( ogrLayer, TRUE ); //new feature count
   return returnvalue;
 }
@@ -1174,7 +1169,7 @@
   }
 
   OGRLayerH layer;
-  layer = OGR_DS_CreateLayer( dataSource, QFile::encodeName( QFileInfo( uri ).baseName() ).constData(), reference, OGRvectortype, NULL );
+  layer = OGR_DS_CreateLayer( dataSource, QFile::encodeName( QFileInfo( uri ).completeBaseName() ).constData(), reference, OGRvectortype, NULL );
   if ( layer == NULL )
   {
     return false;
@@ -1265,7 +1260,7 @@
 
   QString sql = QString( "SELECT DISTINCT %1 FROM %2 ORDER BY %1" )
                 .arg( quotedIdentifier( fld.name() ) )
-                .arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.baseName() ) );
+                .arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.completeBaseName() ) );
 
   uniqueValues.clear();
 
@@ -1295,7 +1290,7 @@
 
   QString sql = QString( "SELECT MIN(%1) FROM %2" )
                 .arg( quotedIdentifier( fld.name() ) )
-                .arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.baseName() ) );
+                .arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.completeBaseName() ) );
 
   OGRLayerH l = OGR_DS_ExecuteSQL( ogrDataSource, mEncoding->fromUnicode( sql ).data(), NULL, "SQL" );
 
@@ -1326,7 +1321,7 @@
 
   QString sql = QString( "SELECT MAX(%1) FROM %2" )
                 .arg( quotedIdentifier( fld.name() ) )
-                .arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.baseName() ) );
+                .arg( quotedIdentifier( fi.completeBaseName() ) );
 
   OGRLayerH l = OGR_DS_ExecuteSQL( ogrDataSource, mEncoding->fromUnicode( sql ).data(), NULL, "SQL" );
   if ( l == 0 )