# Map.root

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/map-root/156020>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 19, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/map-root/156020 "2008-12-19T11:50:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/map-root/156020/1 "2008-12-19T11:50:54Z")

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Hi  
Is there any difference saying  
map.root :controller =\> ‘home’

and

map.root :controller =\> ‘home’,:action=\>‘index’

Thanks in advance  
Sijo

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/map-root/156020/2 "2008-12-19T11:55:17Z")

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They are same 🙂  
The entry action of a controller named “index”

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Sijo Kg  
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