XML-RPC for Database Access

[Shawn Evans]

I am pretty new to Java and even newer to JAX-RPC.  Does anyone know of 
any examples of how XML-RPC has been utilized for Database Access?  
Authentication of a user, viewing of data, updating tables, 
persistance?  I am thinking of using XML-RPC for an application deployed 
on the web with WebStart (JNLP) since it is lighter than JDBC drivers.  
Any ideas on why not to do it this way?

Thanks,

Shawn