diff --git a/common/framework/parsers/dbqueryparser.php b/common/framework/parsers/dbqueryparser.php
index 7958e2376..eb37dc680 100644
--- a/common/framework/parsers/dbqueryparser.php
+++ b/common/framework/parsers/dbqueryparser.php
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ class DBQueryParser
 	 * @param string $filename
 	 * @return object|false
 	 */
-	public static function loadXML($filename)
+	public static function loadXML(string $filename)
 	{
 		// Load the XML file.
-		$xml = simplexml_load_file($filename);
+		$xml = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($filename));
 		if ($xml === false)
 		{
 			return false;
diff --git a/common/framework/parsers/dbtable/column.php b/common/framework/parsers/dbtable/column.php
index 684b37a03..119c9b0a2 100644
--- a/common/framework/parsers/dbtable/column.php
+++ b/common/framework/parsers/dbtable/column.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Column
 {
 	public $name;
 	public $type;
+	public $xetype;
 	public $size;
 	public $utf8mb4 = true;
 	public $default_value;
diff --git a/common/framework/parsers/dbtableparser.php b/common/framework/parsers/dbtableparser.php
index 3ca556c01..d3d822861 100644
--- a/common/framework/parsers/dbtableparser.php
+++ b/common/framework/parsers/dbtableparser.php
@@ -9,20 +9,30 @@ use Rhymix\Framework\Storage;
  */
 class DBTableParser
 {
+	/**
+	 * Mapping for XE-compatible types.
+	 */
+	protected static $_xe_types = array(
+		'bignumber' => 'bigint',
+		'number' => 'bigint',
+		'bigtext' => 'longtext',
+		'date' => 'char(14)',
+	);
+	
 	/**
 	 * Load a table definition XML file.
 	 * 
 	 * @param string $filename
 	 * @return object|false
 	 */
-	public static function loadXML($filename)
+	public static function loadXML(string $filename)
 	{
 		// Initialize table definition.
 		$table = new DBTable\Table;
 		$table->name = preg_replace('/\.xml$/', '', basename($filename));
 		
 		// Load the XML file.
-		$xml = simplexml_load_file($filename);
+		$xml = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents($filename));
 		if ($xml === false)
 		{
 			return false;
@@ -36,6 +46,17 @@ class DBTableParser
 			$column->name = strval($column_info['name']);
 			$column->type = strval($column_info['type']);
 			
+			// Map XE-compatible types to database native types.
+			if (isset(self::$_xe_types[$column->type]))
+			{
+				$column->xetype = $column->type;
+				$column->type = self::$_xe_types[$column->type];
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$column->xetype = $column->type;
+			}
+			
 			// Get the size.
 			if (preg_match('/^([a-z0-9_]+)\(([0-9,\s]+)\)$/i', $column->type, $matches))
 			{