getting last record from DB

[joefox]

Ok i put this in

    <input type="text" name="pascref" size="20" maxlenght="20" value="
<?php  
  $query1 = "SELECT max(pasc_id) + 1 FROM dss_returns"; 
  $result1 = @mysql_query ($query1);  
  echo $result1; 
?>
    " />

but i am getting this in my box.. "Resource id #4"
I dont know why its getting that