Combining database tables

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Published on 2010-05-12T15:56:52Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 16:04 UTC
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Hi all,

I have two tables which look kind of similar and i was thinking about combining them and thought i would get some input from everyone. Here's what they currently look like:

Issues

Id  | IssueCategory   | IssueType | Status | etc..
-------------------------------------------------
123 | Copier          | Broken     | Open   |
124 | Hardware        | Missing    | Open   |

CopierIssueDetails

Id | IssueId | SerialNumber | Make | Model    | TonerNumber | LastCount
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1  | 123     | W12134       | Dell | X1234    | 12344555    | 500120

HardwareTicketDetails

Id | IssueId | EquipmentNumber | Make | Model | Location  | Toner | Monitor | Mouse 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  | 124     | X1123113        | Dell | XXXX  | 1st floor | 0     | 1       | 0

What do you guys think about combining these two tables into one. Would it be a good idea or is it better to keep them separated like this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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