In Desperate Need To Solve A Problem - SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLSTATE: 42000) ERROR 156!

Good morning all. I need some help with a stored proc that is driving me up a wall. It's probably something stairing me right in the face but I can't see it!

I keep getting the following error on the procedure that I'm working on:
SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLSTATE: 42000)
ERROR 156: Incorrect syntax near keyword 'AS'
Must declare the variable '@signid'
Must declare the variable '@signid'


Here's the code:


CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[ws_savesignature2db]
@xml as text='',
@image as image='',
@imageformat as varchar(20)='',
@imagename as varchar(40)='',
@imagesize as int=0,
AS
insert into signaturetable
([image], imageformat, imagename, imagesize)
values
(@image, @imageformat,@imagename,@imagesize)

/*
if your XML field datatype is Text or nTEXT, use the code below in Sql Server 2000.
If you use Sql Server 2005, you can use varchar(max) or nvarchar(max) which will be
much easier and you do not need the code.
*/
select @signid = @@IDENTITY
DECLARE @ptrval binary(16)
SELECT @ptrval = TEXTPTR([xml])
FROM ws_signature
WHERE signid= @signid
if @ptrval is not null
WRITETEXT ws_signature.xml @ptrval @xml
GO

Any help you can give would be a life saver!!!!

Thanks in advance.

Jim