Long-Term Debt (Details Textuals)	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended											9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Credit Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Credit Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 Credit Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Senior Notes due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2007 Senior Notes due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2009 Senior Notes due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Senior Notes due 2021 [Member] EUR (€)	Jul. 31, 2011 Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 08, 2008 Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 United States Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 United States Trade Accounts Receivable Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2011 Other Long-Term Debt [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Other Long-Term Debt [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 Multicurrency Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2007 Senior Subordinate notes [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Textuals) [Abstract]
Amount borrowed under multi currency credit facility					$ 1,000,000,000															$ 750,000,000	$ 250,000,000
Credit agreement outstanding	1,268,323,000	965,589,000	284,251,000	273,700,000		302,989,000	303,396,000		242,771,000	242,306,000		290,220,000				125,000,000	135,000,000	23,092,000	11,187,000
Maturity date of credit facility			42306											41616
Option to borrow loan under senior secured credit facility					250,000,000
Amortization of term loan for first eight quarters																					3,100,000
Amortization of term loan for next eleven quarters																					6,300,000
Amortization of term loan on the maturity date																					156,300,000
Amount borrowed under new credit facility term loan																				500,000,000	200,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt	(12,500,000)	(12,523,000)	12,500,000
Long term portion of credit agreement	1,255,823,000	953,066,000	271,800,000
Senior Notes Issued								300,000,000			250,000,000		200,000,000		135,000,000
Interest of Senior notes								6.75%			7.75%	73.75%	73.75%									8.875%
Weighted average interest rate on the 2010 Credit Agreement			2.13%
Fair Value of senior notes	1,318,100,000	1,021,500,000				319,500,000			273,100,000			293,100,000
Credit facility interest														LIBOR plus a margin or other agreed-upon rate (0.75% at July 31, 2011)
Outstanding other debt	140,500,000	72,100,000
Short-term borrowings	117,412,000	60,908,000
Long Term Debt (Additional Textuals) [Abstract]
Current portion of long-term debt	(12,500,000)	(12,523,000)	12,500,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2012	35,600,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2013	25,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2014	150,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt in 2015	218,600,000
Current portion of long-term debt thereafter	836,000,000
Deferred financing fees and debt issuance costs	23,600,000	21,400,000
Increase in other debt primarily due to funding acquisitions capital expenditures and increased working capital requirements	$ 68,400,000