WHERE clause before INNER JOIN

Question

If I have

SELECT * FROM Table1 t1 
LEFT JOIN Table2 t2 ON t1.id = t2.id 
WHERE t1.user=\'bob\';

Does the WHERE clause run afte

Answer 1

RIGHT JOIN was the solution:

SELECT cars.manufacturer, cars.year FROM cars 
RIGHT JOIN (SELECT m.manufacturer FROM cars AS m ORDER BY m.year DESC LIMIT 3) subq 
ON cars.manufacturer=subq.manufacturer

Haven't put it through the full rigors yet, but seems to work.