How to automate the SoapUI request?

I'm new to Soapui concepts and I've some SoapUI request. I need to hit them through SoapUI and have to validate the request components by comparing the values from DB tables and need to automate this flow.

 I want to hit the request through Eclipse using Selenium and Java and will validate them using JDBC. Is that good approach?

Can anyone please suggest me how can I proceed with my execution.