Usually blocking is due to one holding resources the other needs and vice versa. Make sure your queries access the data in the same order.
For us to better understand if the issue is your order or order of execution thou can you please post both the statements plus anything specific they block constantly? I doubt it is just those two queries, something else has to be involved too.
Edited by - antares686 on 01/06/2003 04:04:57 AM