SQL 7.0 and Deadlocks

In my application, there are 2 programs inserting data into a table and another process which selects and updates data from the same table.

When all the 3 processes are run at the same time the insert statements produce a deadlock.

Can anybody let me know if I can use some table hint, say ROWLOCK or PAGLOCK with the insert statement? Or is there is some way to prevent the deadlocks from occuring?

[BHostmeyer]

there are 2 ways to do this... 1 batch your updats... that way the database takes them as it can handle them... The other method is cloning... use the clone function with your datacontrol to give you 3 recordsets to update instead of a single recordset... since there 3 instance you dont haft to worry about locking becuase it will use 3 different db flags or bookmarks...

Hope this helps