FROM `alias`
JOIN `items` ON `items`.`product_id` = SUBSTR(`alias`.`field2`, 12)
LOCK TABLES `table` WRITE;
ALTER TABLE `table` DISABLE KEYS;
INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE ...
ALTER TABLE `table` ENABLE KEYS;
UNLOCK TABLES;
In MySQL, JOIN, CROSS JOIN, and INNER JOIN are syntactic equivalents (they can replace each other).