Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum cash borrowings and letters of credit	$ 329,000,000
Credit facility	129,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding	69,000,000
Amount of availability of remaining borrowings	67,000,000
Estimated fair value of the borrowings under lines of credit and long-term debt	833,000,000
Carrying value of the borrowings under lines of credit and long-term debt	813,942,000	757,969,000
APAC credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	14,885,000	18,147,000
U.S. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit	18,000,000
EMEA and APAC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit	$ 64,000,000