Fair Value Amount of Foreign Currency Derivative Purchase Contracts

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Fair Value Amount of Foreign Currency Derivative Sale Contracts

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Aggregate notional amount of foreign currency derivatives to purchase a foreign currency. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract.

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Aggregate notional amount of foreign currency derivatives to sell a foreign currency. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract.

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Summary of Outstanding Forward Foreign Currency Contracts, by Currency (Detail) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts to Sell Canadian Dollar for US Dollar CAD	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts to Sell Canadian Dollar for US Dollar USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Contracts to Sell Canadian Dollar for US Dollar CAD	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Contracts to Sell Canadian Dollar for US Dollar USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Sell European Euro for US Dollar EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Sell European Euro for US Dollar USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Sell European Euro for US Dollar EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Sell European Euro for US Dollar USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Purchase British Pounds With US Dollars USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Purchase British Pounds With US Dollars GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Purchase British Pounds With US Dollars GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2010 Foreign Exchange Contracts To Purchase British Pounds With US Dollars USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Contract amount of forward foreign currency contracts to sell foreign currency	8,000	$ 7,663	1,300	$ 1,258	€ 4,830	$ 6,524	€ 5,460	$ 7,446
Contract amount of forward foreign currency contracts to buy foreign currency									6,100	3,911	3,672	5,800
Fair value of forward foreign currency contracts to sell foreign currency
Fair value of forward foreign currency contracts to buy foreign currency