I am having some problems with using join.
here's the tables:

t1                       t2
MachineId MachineName    MachID Service_Name
111        mach1         111    DHCP
                         112    SNMP
t4
Service_cat Service_name
Network      DHCP
Email        Exchange
Network      SNMP

t4
Sevice_cat Doc
Network     document
Email        doc
Trainig      doc

t4
SoftwareId Soft_Name MachineID
112         Exchange  111

I am getting all confused with too many tables. The goal is to make a list 
of Machine and things running in to it. The database has two different table 
for services and software.


First issue, not all services run in the machine, so thats one left join . I 
figured that out. But then how would I handle both the service and software 
table?
Is there anyway in SELECt statement to tell, if service name is DHCP look 
into service table , if service name is exchange look into software table. 
Can i use something like this service.DHCP , soft.Exchange.

Or Am i making this more complicated? Any hint will be great!

Thanks


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