Java PreparedStatement Cross-DB with casting - java

I have a PreparedStatement intended to be run both on ORACLE and on MYSQL.
But I cannot figure out how to handle the CAST(NULL AS ...)
On Oracle the following works (but not on Mysql):
SELECT TIMB_INS,
CAST(NULL AS TIMESTAMP) AS TIMB_CLO
FROM TOPS
On Mysql the following works (but not on Oracle):
SELECT TIMB_INS,
CAST(NULL AS DATETIME) AS TIMB_CLO
FROM TOPS
(Please note that the first column selected, "TIMB_INS", returns the correct data type for target database type in both cases, i.e. TIMESTAMP for Oracle and DATETIME for MySql.)
There is a way to put it so that it works for both?
I.E. Can i make it db-indipendent in some way?
Thanks
Marco

Based on the tags I can see you're calling this statement from some java code. There are several ways doing so:
Use the DAO pattern. I.e. for each SQL flavor provide a java file that contains the SQL-s.
Use an ORM like Hibernate or JPA. That will take care of this kind of differences.
As a quick hack, you can edit the SQL manually, like in the snippet below. But then you have to determine somehow if the underlying database is Oracle or MySQL
String SQL_PATTERN = "... CAST(NULL AS %s) AS TIMB_CLO ...";
String SQL = String.format(SQL_PATTERN, isOracle ? "TIMESTAMP" : "DATETIME");

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