Confused about Itzik Ben-Gan's Logical Query Processing order in his SQL Server 2005 book and SQL Server 2008 book?

Check this out - it's an expose on this issue - and Itzik's book is mentioned. The second order above is correct.

The logical processing order is also documented in this Books Online entry. Be careful to distinguish logical processing order from physical processing order. As the BOL entry notes.

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