ServiceStack.OrmLite Select<> throws npgsql syntax error when using WITH CTE - servicestack

Question

From the error I thought this was an issue with Npgsql (see closed issue), however the error is with OrmLite Select<> as it's changing the executed sql.
Question:
Other than not using the WITH CTE is there another way around this error in OrmLite?
Is db.Select<> the wrong command to be using?
Note: WITH CTE works with OrmLite.Scalar
Postgres WITH CTE: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/queries-with.html
UPDATE: Issue seems to be with OrmLite preparing the SQL statement and it not starting with "SELECT" causes OrmLite to treat the SQL as a "WHERE" param.
[Test]
public void with_cte_ormlite_obj()
{
using (var db = DbConnection)
{
var sql = "WITH w_cnt AS (SELECT 5 AS cnt, 'me' AS name) SELECT cnt, name FROM w_cnt";
// An exception of type 'Npgsql.NpgsqlException' occurred in Npgsql.dll
// ERROR: 42601: syntax error at or near "WITH w_cnt"
// Actual Exec Sql:
// SELECT "cnt", "name" FROM "my_with_cte_obj" WHERE WITH w_cnt AS (SELECT 5 AS cnt, 'me' AS name) SELECT cnt, name FROM w_cnt
var cnt = db.Select<MyWithCteObj>(sql);
var first = cnt.First();
Assert.AreEqual(5, first.Cnt);
Assert.AreEqual("me", first.Name);
}
}
public class MyWithCteObj
{
public int Cnt { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

The db.Select<T>() API should only by used for SQL SELECT statements.
The db.SqlList<T>() API should be used for non-SELECT queries, e.g:
using (var db = DbConnection)
{
var cnt = db.SqlList<MyWithCteObj>(
"WITH w_cnt AS (SELECT 5 AS cnt, 'me' AS name) SELECT cnt, name FROM w_cnt");
}
See the docs for more custom SQL APIs examples.