Index: contrib/benchmark/conf/sort-standard.alg
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--- contrib/benchmark/conf/sort-standard.alg	(revision 794093)
+++ contrib/benchmark/conf/sort-standard.alg	(working copy)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       { "TestSortSpeed"
         OpenReader  
         { "LoadFieldCacheAndSearch" SearchWithSort(sort_field:int) > : 1 
-        { "SearchWithSort" SearchWithSort(sort_field) > : 5000
+        { "SearchWithSort" SearchWithSort(sort_field:int) > : 5000
         CloseReader 
       
       }
Index: contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/SearchWithSortTask.java
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--- contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/SearchWithSortTask.java	(revision 794093)
+++ contrib/benchmark/src/java/org/apache/lucene/benchmark/byTask/tasks/SearchWithSortTask.java	(working copy)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
    * If nomaxscore is present, then we turn off maxScore tracking
    * in {@link org.apache.lucene.search.TopFieldCollector}.
    * 
-   * name,byline:int,subject:auto
+   * name:string,page:int,subject:string
    * 
    */
   public void setParams(String sortField) {
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@
           fieldName = field.substring(0, index);
           typeString = field.substring(1+index, field.length());
         } else {
-          typeString = "auto";
-          fieldName = field;
+          throw new RuntimeException("You must specify the sort type ie page:int,subject:string");
         }
         int type = getType(typeString);
         sortField0 = new SortField(fieldName, type);