annoying SQL Error msg - "INTRA-QUERY"

Hi,

Pbbly most of you know this:

Intra-query parallelism caused your server command (process ID #57) to deadlock. Rerun the query without intra-query parallelism by using the query hint option (maxdop 1).

I've seen MS KnowledgeBase for that (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;837983)

But I have some probs with it:
1. I don't have permissions for this kind of queries
"USE master
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced option', '1'
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO"
2. I don't know what is an "intra-query parallelism"...

I'm attaching the query I use. The query runs OK for some parameters but gets this error msg on other parameters.

I'm using a single CPU on 2003 STD Edition.

Query:

create table #mytemp_table
(client_id int not null, commission_value int null)
insert into #mytemp_table (client_id, commission_value)
select client_id, sum(transfer_value) from users_transfers where transfer_type in (1,3) and is_paid = 1 group by client_id

select
u.name [Vendor],
u.email,
sum(cost) as Payment,
cmpd.vendor_id,
ua.name [Agent],
vd.join_date,
commission_value [paid],
allow_sign
from
reports ra
left outer join codes ctd on ra.affiliation_code_show = ctd.affiliation_code_show
left outer join traffic cmp on cmp.campaign_id = ctd.campaign_id
left outer join traffic_details cmpd on cmp.campaign_id = cmpd.campaign_id
left outer join userssb u on cmpd.vendor_id = u.client_id
left outer join userssb ua on cmpd.agent_id = ua.client_id
left outer join users_details vd on u.client_id = vd.client_id
left outer join #mytemp_table com_paid on com_paid.client_id = u.client_id
left outer join allow_db asd on asd.client_id = u.client_id
where
[conditions]
group by

[all the group fields]
having sum(cost) > 2999
order by u.name

drop table #mytemp_table1. running sp_configure affects the entire server. This is really not what you want to do anyway.

This is how you use Maxdop statement hint.

select
u.name [Vendor],
u.email,
sum(cost) as Payment,
cmpd.vendor_id,
ua.name [Agent],
vd.join_date,
commission_value [paid],
allow_sign
from
reports ra
left outer join codes ctd on ra.affiliation_code_show = ctd.affiliation_code_show
left outer join traffic cmp on cmp.campaign_id = ctd.campaign_id
left outer join traffic_details cmpd on cmp.campaign_id = cmpd.campaign_id
left outer join userssb u on cmpd.vendor_id = u.client_id
left outer join userssb ua on cmpd.agent_id = ua.client_id
left outer join users_details vd on u.client_id = vd.client_id
left outer join #mytemp_table com_paid on com_paid.client_id = u.client_id
left outer join allow_db asd on asd.client_id = u.client_id
where
[conditions]
group by

[all the group fields]
having sum(cost) > 2999
order by u.name
OPTION(MAXDOP 1)
--OPTION (MERGE JOIN, LOOP JOIN)

2. you probably have hyperthreading (i.e. 1 physical, 2 logical). Intra-query para means the statement is getting splitted up and executed in parallel. Each logical cpu takes a part of the query and perform the work.