diff --git a/python/core/qgsvectordataprovider.sip b/python/core/qgsvectordataprovider.sip
index 38175869bd10..5cf66e1b725c 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsvectordataprovider.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgsvectordataprovider.sip
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class QgsVectorDataProvider : QgsDataProvider
       virtual QString dataComment() const;
       
       /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-      virtual void reset() = 0;
+      virtual void begin() = 0;
 
       /**
        * Returns the minimum value of an attributs
diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h b/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h
index 2d4aae04ffc9..c94120c3d884 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectordataprovider.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsVectorDataProvider : public QgsDataProvider
     virtual QString dataComment() const;
 
     /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-    virtual void reset() = 0;
+    virtual void begin() = 0;
 
     /**
      * Returns the minimum value of an attribute
diff --git a/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp b/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp
index 8ddaa657e2ef..018424bc1c3d 100644
--- a/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ void QgsDelimitedTextProvider::select( QgsAttributeList fetchAttributes,
   {
     mSelectionRectangle = rect;
   }
-  reset();
+  begin();
 }
 
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ const QgsFieldMap & QgsDelimitedTextProvider::fields() const
   return attributeFields;
 }
 
-void QgsDelimitedTextProvider::reset()
+void QgsDelimitedTextProvider::begin()
 {
   // Reset feature id to 0
   mFid = 0;
diff --git a/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.h b/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.h
index 382343319a17..8156ee8636f2 100644
--- a/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class QgsDelimitedTextProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     virtual const QgsFieldMap & fields() const;
 
     /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-    virtual void reset();
+    virtual void begin();
 
     /** Returns a bitmask containing the supported capabilities
         Note, some capabilities may change depending on whether
diff --git a/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp b/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp
index cfe8c95ed07f..c2e3e8a091d4 100644
--- a/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ void QgsGPXProvider::select( QgsAttributeList fetchAttributes,
   mAttributesToFetch = fetchAttributes;
   mFetchGeom = fetchGeometry;
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
 }
 
 
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ const QgsFieldMap& QgsGPXProvider::fields() const
 }
 
 
-void QgsGPXProvider::reset()
+void QgsGPXProvider::begin()
 {
   if ( mFeatureType == WaypointType )
     mWptIter = data->waypointsBegin();
diff --git a/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.h b/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.h
index f68b9f96b9bf..218c7b03e5e3 100644
--- a/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/gpx/qgsgpxprovider.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class QgsGPXProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     virtual const QgsFieldMap & fields() const;
 
     /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-    virtual void reset();
+    virtual void begin();
 
     /**
      * Adds a list of features
diff --git a/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp b/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp
index f05f63a6d74d..f5faf70b1c0f 100644
--- a/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ int QgsGrassProvider::keyField()
   return mLayers[mLayerId].keyColumn;
 }
 
-void QgsGrassProvider::reset()
+void QgsGrassProvider::begin()
 {
   if ( isEdited() || isFrozen() || !mValid )
     return;
diff --git a/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.h b/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.h
index 6161c1ec99f1..1af288adcddf 100644
--- a/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/grass/qgsgrassprovider.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class GRASS_EXPORT QgsGrassProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     int keyField();
 
     /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-    void reset();
+    void begin();
 
     /** Returns the minimum value of an attributs
      *  @param index the index of the attribute */
diff --git a/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.cpp b/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.cpp
index d2aa6e971ea7..9e4aaaf03754 100644
--- a/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.cpp
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ void QgsMemoryProvider::select( QgsAttributeList fetchAttributes,
     mSelectSI_Features.clear();
   }
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
 }
 
-void QgsMemoryProvider::reset()
+void QgsMemoryProvider::begin()
 {
   if ( mSelectUsingSpatialIndex )
     mSelectSI_Iterator = mSelectSI_Features.begin();
diff --git a/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.h b/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.h
index d34cd6723211..4bdac0636dcc 100644
--- a/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/memory/memoryprovider.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class QgsMemoryProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     virtual const QgsFieldMap & fields() const;
 
     /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-    virtual void reset();
+    virtual void begin();
 
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index fd177ad51508..40745207d447 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ const QgsFieldMap & QgsOgrProvider::fields() const
   return mAttributeFields;
 }
 
-void QgsOgrProvider::reset()
+void QgsOgrProvider::begin()
 {
   OGR_L_ResetReading( ogrLayer );
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h
index b60d3638aedd..9612ebe41c58 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class QgsOgrProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     virtual QgsRect extent();
 
     /** Restart reading features from previous select operation */
-    virtual void reset();
+    virtual void begin();
 
     /**Writes a list of features to the file*/
     virtual bool addFeatures( QgsFeatureList & flist );
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.cpp b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.cpp
index 949e1a9d1ff4..05848d998e62 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.cpp
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ QString QgsPostgresProvider::dataComment() const
   return mDataComment;
 }
 
-void QgsPostgresProvider::reset()
+void QgsPostgresProvider::begin()
 {
   if ( mFetching )
   {
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ bool QgsPostgresProvider::addFeatures( QgsFeatureList & flist )
     returnvalue = false;
   }
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
   return returnvalue;
 }
 
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ bool QgsPostgresProvider::deleteFeatures( const QgsFeatureIds & id )
     connectionRW->PQexecNR( "ROLLBACK" );
     returnvalue = false;
   }
-  reset();
+  begin();
   return returnvalue;
 }
 
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ bool QgsPostgresProvider::addAttributes( const QgsNewAttributesMap & name )
     returnvalue = false;
   }
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
   return returnvalue;
 }
 
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ bool QgsPostgresProvider::deleteAttributes( const QgsAttributeIds& ids )
     returnvalue = false;
   }
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
   return returnvalue;
 }
 
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ bool QgsPostgresProvider::changeAttributeValues( const QgsChangedAttributesMap &
     returnvalue = false;
   }
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
 
   return returnvalue;
 }
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ bool QgsPostgresProvider::changeGeometryValues( QgsGeometryMap & geometry_map )
     returnvalue = false;
   }
 
-  reset();
+  begin();
 
   QgsDebugMsg( "exiting." );
 
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.h b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.h
index f91e705208bb..41783a580fe9 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresprovider.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class QgsPostgresProvider : public QgsVectorDataProvider
     /** Reset the layer - for a PostgreSQL layer, this means clearing the PQresult
      * pointer, setting it to 0 and reloading the field list
      */
-    void reset();
+    void begin();
 
     /** Returns the minimum value of an attribute
      *  @param index the index of the attribute */
diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
index 2c3ac2c3b58c..88b7b70f13f8 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const QgsFieldMap & QgsWFSProvider::fields() const
   return mFields;
 }
 
-void QgsWFSProvider::reset()
+void QgsWFSProvider::begin()
 {
   mFeatureIterator = mSelectedFeatures.begin();
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h
index 67a348ca0b1b..30b12cbe3313 100644
--- a/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/wfs/qgswfsprovider.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class QgsWFSProvider: public QgsVectorDataProvider
     long featureCount() const;
     uint fieldCount() const;
     const QgsFieldMap & fields() const;
-    void reset();
+    void begin();
 
     virtual QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem getCRS();
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class QgsWFSProvider: public QgsVectorDataProvider
     QgsSpatialIndex *mSpatialIndex;
     /**Vector where the ids of the selected features are inserted*/
     QList<int> mSelectedFeatures;
-    /**Iterator on the feature vector for use in reset(), getNextFeature(), etc...*/
+    /**Iterator on the feature vector for use in begin(), getNextFeature(), etc...*/
     QList<int>::iterator mFeatureIterator;
     /**Vector where the features are inserted*/
     QList<QgsFeature*> mFeatures;
diff --git a/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.cpp b/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.cpp
index d935b768f771..46bf54b08714 100644
--- a/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.cpp
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ QgsRect QgsWmsProvider::extent()
   return layerExtent;
 }
 
-void QgsWmsProvider::reset()
+void QgsWmsProvider::begin()
 {
   // TODO
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.h b/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.h
index 80bff537b10e..29aa20b7b3b8 100644
--- a/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.h
+++ b/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.h
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class QgsWmsProvider : public QgsRasterDataProvider
     /** Reset the layer - for a PostgreSQL layer, this means clearing the PQresult
      * pointer and setting it to 0
      */
-    void reset();
+    void begin();
 
     /**Returns true if layer is valid
     */