Rails - Mar 2006 - Does content_columns hold related data from other tables?

I''ve got a belongs_to / has_many relationship working, however I
don''t
know if I can still use content_columns (or any other shortcut) in my 
view that displays my object.

E.g., Employee belongs_to Department

I''m displaying an Employee.

Will content_columns contain employee.department.name?

Or how else could I do this so I don''t have to hard-code column 
references that could change later?

Thanks.

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