Embodiments of the invention provide a database access control method and apparatus, and belong to the technical field of databases. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a database operation request of an application system; judging whether the database operation request is allowed to be executed or not according to a preset judgment rule and a current resource state of a database; if the database operation request is allowed to be executed, notifying an application system to send the database operation request to the database for performing execution; or otherwise, notifying the application system not to execute the database operation request. After the database operation request is received, whether the database operation request is allowed to be executed or not is judged according to a preset judgment mechanism, so that database resources are protected, the database operation request access of the database is controlled, and the security and access efficiency of the database are improved.