Can a Fn return a recordset?

Question

How do I have oracle store a SQL statement that can have params passed in, and have a recordset returned to user when executed? Is this done w/ a function?
For example, I want to store the following code:
create procedure/function/?? empname
IDNum as number
As
select empid, name
from emp
where empid = IDNum;
In the simple query above, I want to pass in a parameter when executing the above stored sql statement. When executed from the command line the syntax and result should be:
SQL> execute empname '4'
empid name
4 Bill Wojahowitz
Please help, and if possible can you show an example of syntax. Thanks in advance.
ChrisB
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Answer 1

You can create a procedure like this :
create or replace procedure empname(no in number) is
name varchar2(100);
begin
select ename into name from employee where empno=no;
dbms_output.put_line(no | | ' ' | |name);
end empname;
when u say execute empname(4) it will output the number and name.
set serveroutput on to show the result.
Hope this helps.
Take Care
Chandar