BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Persistent BibTeX Errors

[compengr]

I'm using BibTeX with TeXShop on Mac OS X 10.4. I added four things to get the references.

1. added package cite
2. kept the .bib file in the same folder as .tex file.
3. added \bibliographystyle{plain}
4. added \bibliography{ref} which is my imported references file from BibTeX.

The sequence of typesetting I followed is:

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latex
bibtex
latex
latex

When I typeset the first time, a PDF file is created with reference heading at the end and [?] at the positions where I cited. When I run BibTeX, the following message appears.

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This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2012)
The top-level auxiliary file: test-survey-tpns.aux
The style file: plain.bst
White space in argument---line 5 of file test-survey-tpns.aux
 : \bibdata{ref
 :              for paper.bib}
I'm skipping whatever remains of this command
I found no database files---while reading file test.aux
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "citekey"
(There were 2 error messages)

I cant figure out the problem, i am new to latex and bibtex. It is the first time i am using it. Any help is appreciated.I have uploaded the .tex and .bib file

[localghost]

Just for information to other users for awareness of possibly already existing solutions. The question has also been posted to {TeX} SX.

A crossposting is always contra-productive. But there is nothing really against it as long as it is mentioned. This means that a direct link has to be added. So other users who want to help are preserved from double efforts and waste of time.

Avoid special characters (blank spaces, underscores, …) in the path and the name of the bibliography database file. This is the cause of the problem.

[TorsenIansen]

Just for information to other users for awareness of possibly already existing solutions. The question has also been posted to {TeX} SX.

A crossposting is always contra-productive. But there is nothing really against it as long as it is mentioned. This means that a direct link has to be added. So other users who want to help are preserved from double efforts and waste of time.

Avoid special characters (blank spaces, underscores, …) in the path and the name of the bibliography database file. This is the cause of the problem.

This problem it is not an avoid special characters .... Before answering to someone about a Latex problem, test what you say on your computer ...

This problem is caused by a missing natbib bibtex styles so you have to use \usepackage{natbib}

For other problem : Sometimes, logfile say that it look for a style file ".bst". This file has no name because you have forgotten to precise the style so you have to add "plain" in the {}. So for someone who have a persistent problem it can be due to this forget "plain" (Not in this post because the author has correctly entered 'plain')