During a phone interview recently I was asked what practices (layout, accessibility, etc.) I used during web design. So here's a quick write-up of what easily came to mind. It's not exhaustive nor in any particular order.
- Tables are for tables. Don't use tables to format your content. Only use them if you actually need to display data in a tabular format.
- Use appropriate header tags progressively at the appropriate levels. The title/text that describes what's on the current page should be in an H1 tag. Sections below that should use H2 for their titles, etc. Don't use an H4 tag if you don't have an H1, H2 and H3 above it.
- Use appropriate tags for the content. Use header tags for headings, use P tags for paragraphs (not DIVs!), use OL and UL for lists, etc. Don't try to use DIVs or SPANs with goofy formatting for everything.
- Make sure your content looks orderly and readable even if there's no CSS. Text only readers will ignore most if not all of your CSS.
- Make sure links are visually obvious. Underlining is the standard cue for links. Don't take that away from your users.
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Here are some more issued we encountered when moving up to a 64-Bit SQL Server 2005. 
If you've just switched to the 64-bit version of SQL Server and have SSIS packages that access Excel or Access, you may find that you packages stop working. That's because the JET driver that is used to access Excel and Access is 32-bit only. SSIS normally uses the 64-bit DTExec to run SSIS packages, it has not access to the 32-bit drivers. Here are some articles with all the details and work arounds
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