Create a Procedure that will accept a variable

Question

Hi,
I'm new to pl/sql and I'm trying to create a procedure that will accept a variable. I want to use this sql to create restore points that can store the name of each batch job as it runs.
The code works fine on it's own, but if I try to create the procedure it asks me for a value for 1, how do I stop it doing that?
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE create_restore_point AS
DECLARE
pointno number(5);
pointname varchar2(128) := upper('&1');
dbname v$database.name%TYPE;
scn_time date;
scn number;
BEGIN
SELECT restore_point_seq.nextval into pointno from dual;
SELECT name into dbname from v$database;
SELECT sysdate into scn_time from dual;
SELECT dbms_flashback.get_system_change_number into scn from dual;
INSERT into restore_point
values
(pointno,pointname,dbname,scn_time,scn);
commit;
END create_restore_point;
Many thanks in advance,
Tom.

Answer 1

It asks for value of 1 because you have &1 in your code. If you want to pass the value for pointname, then you can change your procedure like below.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE create_restore_point (svar varchar2)AS
DECLARE
pointno number(5);
pointname varchar2(128) := upper(svar);
dbname v$database.name%TYPE;
scn_time date;
scn number;
BEGIN
SELECT restore_point_seq.nextval into pointno from dual;
SELECT name into dbname from v$database;
SELECT sysdate into scn_time from dual;
SELECT dbms_flashback.get_system_change_number into scn from dual;
INSERT into restore_point
values
(pointno,pointname,dbname,scn_time,scn);
commit;
END create_restore_point;