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 "30-34" as TotalRange,count(total) as Count from table_name
   where total between 30 and 34
union (
select "35-39" as TotalRange,count(total) as Count from table_name 
   where total between 35 and 39)
union (
select "40-44" as TotalRange,count(total) as Count from table_name
   where total between 40 and 44)
union (
select "45-49" as TotalRange,count(total) as Count from table_name
   where total between 45 and 49)
etc ....

As long as there are not too many intervals, this is a pretty good solution.