i have amongst others, a table abc in my database xyz. i wish to make a copy of the table abc by:-

set exclusive on
select * from abc into table qqq

but i get an error message "File qqq already exists as part of a database". table qqq does not exist in the first place.

i also tried:-

set data to xyz
remove table abc

before i execute the select * command but i have the same result.
how do i accomplish my mission? ta