Getting data for histogram plot

Question

Is there a way to specify bin sizes in MySQL? Right now, I am trying the following SQL query:

select total, count(total) from faults GROUP BY total;
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Answer 1

SELECT b.*,count(*) as total FROM bins b 
left outer join table1 a on a.value between b.min_value and b.max_value 
group by b.min_value

The table bins contains columns min_value and max_value which define the bins. note that the operator "join... on x BETWEEN y and z" is inclusive.

table1 is the name of the data table