how do I nest a CASE statement in an INNER JOIN

[bohil]

Hello,

I am trying to nest some CASE statements into INNER JOINs (one CASE per INNER JOIN).

The current code is:

SELECT 
a.zone, a.ifield, a.iwhse, a.idesc, a.iposition
FROM schema.itable a

<---This is where I would like to place the INNER JOIN w/ CASE

LEFT OUTER JOIN
(
SELECT
x.icode, x.ikey, x.idesc, x.icurrent
from schema.itablex
) b
ON a.iwhse = b.icode
AND a.ikey = b.ikey
AND icurrent = 'true'
LEFT OUTER JOIN
etc. . . . .

Anyway, I really don't even know where to begin with the syntax (assuming it can be done). I've tried to do the implied INNER JOIN by leaving the INNER JOIN w/ case in this form:

SELECT iitem, ikey
CASE WHEN iitem is NULL then 'Y'
WHEN iitem = ' ' then 'Y'
ELSE 'N"
END
FROM schema.itable

And, I've also tried to spell out the INNER JOIN and put the CASE statement into the ON clause like this:

INNER JOIN
(
SELECT iitem, ikey
FROM schemai.table
WHERE icurrent = 'true'
)
ON 
CASE WHEN iitem is NULL then 'Y'
WHEN iitem = ' ' then 'Y'
ELSE 'N"
END

. . . also tried with parens around the CASE statement.

I'm not only new to databases and SQL, but am also new to posting on forums for assistance. So, if there's any other info that would be helpful, please let me know.

Thanks!