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

Ofri Raviv's answer is very close but incorrect. The count(*) will be 1 even if there are zero results in a histogram interval. The query needs to be modified to use a conditional sum:

SELECT b.*, SUM(a.value IS NOT NULL) AS total FROM bins b
  LEFT JOIN a ON a.value BETWEEN b.min_value AND b.max_value
GROUP BY b.min_value;