Querying Data w PL/SQL - selecting 1 row

Question

Initial research done at:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/sqloperations.htm#i45320
Querying Data with PL/SQL - Selecting At Most One Row: SELECT INTO Statement
I am trying to run a simple SELECT COUNT statement in PL/SQL. Can someone please help me with the syntax? Here is my SQL select count(*) statement.
SELECT ITEM_TYPE, count(*)
FROM
APPLSYS.WF_ITEMS
WHERE
ITEM_TYPE = 'GLBATCH' AND
END_DATE is not null
GROUP BY ITEM_TYPE;
Thanks, I tried following some examples found on these forum threads but couldn't seem to find one for something so basic as this.

Answer 1

I am trying to run a simple SELECT COUNT statement in PL/SQL. Can someone please help me with the syntax?in plsql you would declare variables to hold the selected values:
declare
   l_item_type   applsys.wf_items.item_type%type;
   l_cnt         integer;
begin
     select   item_type, count ( * )
       into   l_item_type, l_cnt
       from   applsys.wf_items
      where   item_type = 'GLBATCH' and end_date is not null
   group by   item_type;
   dbms_output.put_line ('Item_type: ' || l_item_type);
   dbms_output.put_line ('Count: ' || l_cnt);
end;