All tables used have millions of records. c.periodseq and c.VALIDTRANSACTION are not indexed and I cannot index it as its a prod table which cannot be modified. The '<' operator is making the query very slow. Please suggest an alternative.
SELECT V.EVENTTYPEID, C.CREDITTYPEID
FROM CREDIT C,
VALIDTRANSACTION V
WHERE V.VALIDTRANSACTIONSEQ = C.VALIDTRANSACTIONSEQ
and c.periodseq <1055;