About Monetdb Query Plan

Hello,

I am currently working on a project related to query optimization I have several questions, 1) Is it possible to force the query engine to use the specified join order? 2) When I change the table order in the “FROM” clause, the query time varies a lot (many orders of magnitude)? Does the table order in the “FROM” clause affect the query plan? 3) I want to know the details of MonetDB query plan. When I use “explain” command, I just get the MAL code. Are there any tools to visualize it, just like PostgreSQL “analyze" command?

Thanks a lot.