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Financial Assets and Liabilities - Ineffective Portion and Portion Excluded from Effectiveness Testing of Derivative Hedge Gains (Losses) (Detail) (Foreign Exchange Contracts, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Jan. 31, 2014
Foreign Exchange Contracts |  |  |  |
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income statement on derivatives (ineffective portion) | $ 740 us-gaap_DerivativeNetHedgeIneffectivenessGainLoss / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember | [1] | $ 119 us-gaap_DerivativeNetHedgeIneffectivenessGainLoss / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember | [1]
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income statement on derivatives (excluded from effectiveness testing) | $ 1,072 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInIncomeIneffectivePortionAndAmountExcludedFromEffectivenessTestingNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember | [2] | $ 1,594 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossRecognizedInIncomeIneffectivePortionAndAmountExcludedFromEffectivenessTestingNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember | [2]
[1] | The ineffective portion includes forecast inaccuracies.
[2] | The portion excluded from effectiveness testing includes the discount earned or premium paid for the contracts.

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- Definition The portion of gains and losses (net) on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments representing (a) the amount of the hedge ineffectiveness and (b) the amount, if any, excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624171-113959 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 25 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)(1),(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6886632&loc=d3e76258-113986 + Details
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- Definition Amount of gain (loss) from the ineffectiveness of the hedge. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -Subparagraph (d)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624171-113959 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 25 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6886632&loc=d3e76258-113986 + Details
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