Slow SQL Trigger

[RyanK]

Issues with a SQL trigger, it takes 10 seconds to run and I cannot see why...please can you help:

USE [Sound]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trSound_Changepath]
   ON  [dbo].[SoundFiles]
   AFTER INSERT
AS
BEGIN
 
    SET NOCOUNT ON;
 
    UPDATE s
    SET s.[SoundFile] = 'D:\Recordings' + substring(i.[SoundFile] , 40 , len(i.[SoundFile] ) - 26)
    FROM dbo.[SoundFiles] s
    JOIN inserted i
    ON s.[SoundFile] = i.[SoundFile]
    WHERE Left(i.[SoundFile],2) = 'C:'
    AND i.[SoundFile] <> 'c:\M2.encrypt'
 
 
END

[Rabbit]

Please use code tags when posting code.

Avoid functions on fields when possible. Instead of your left, use a like.

Put an index on soundfile.

That'll be about as fast as you can make it.