note 104990 added to function.mysql-query

$result = mysql_query($sql); Question is : If I will echo $result ,it will produce an output as 'Resource id #3' ,what is this and how it will be resolved. Here '$sql' is valid sql query. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 122.166.23.133 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-query.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/104990 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/104990 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/104990 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php